HousingPermits

Metro area in Oregon

Bend, OR

The Bend metro area authorized 3,122 new housing units in 2025. Relative to population, the rate was 10.3 units per 1,000 residents a year in 2021–2025, the highest rate of the 48 metro areas based in the Pacific states. Its busiest year since 2004 was 2005, with 5,046 units; 2025 came to 62% of that.

01,5003,0004,5006,0002004: 4,313 units (3,597 single-family, 374 in 2–4 unit, 342 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 5,046 units (4,465 single-family, 239 in 2–4 unit, 342 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 3,790 units (3,528 single-family, 168 in 2–4 unit, 94 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 2,004 units (1,779 single-family, 59 in 2–4 unit, 166 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 861 units (774 single-family, 28 in 2–4 unit, 59 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 452 units (424 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 26 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 470 units (458 single-family, 6 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 531 units (529 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 872 units (812 single-family, 22 in 2–4 unit, 38 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 1,425 units (1,312 single-family, 9 in 2–4 unit, 104 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 1,454 units (1,398 single-family, 24 in 2–4 unit, 32 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 2,362 units (1,685 single-family, 54 in 2–4 unit, 623 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 2,440 units (1,983 single-family, 99 in 2–4 unit, 358 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 2,295 units (2,017 single-family, 58 in 2–4 unit, 220 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 2,398 units (2,233 single-family, 59 in 2–4 unit, 106 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 2,550 units (1,888 single-family, 94 in 2–4 unit, 568 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 2,672 units (2,016 single-family, 149 in 2–4 unit, 507 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 3,318 units (2,218 single-family, 153 in 2–4 unit, 947 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 2,498 units (1,563 single-family, 159 in 2–4 unit, 776 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 2,709 units (1,422 single-family, 147 in 2–4 unit, 1,140 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 1,867 units (1,385 single-family, 91 in 2–4 unit, 391 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 3,122 units (1,414 single-family, 197 in 2–4 unit, 1,511 in 5+ unit buildings)200420072010201320162019202220252005 high · 5,04602,0004,0006,0002004: 4,313 units (3,597 single-family, 374 in 2–4 unit, 342 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 5,046 units (4,465 single-family, 239 in 2–4 unit, 342 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 3,790 units (3,528 single-family, 168 in 2–4 unit, 94 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 2,004 units (1,779 single-family, 59 in 2–4 unit, 166 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 861 units (774 single-family, 28 in 2–4 unit, 59 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 452 units (424 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 26 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 470 units (458 single-family, 6 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 531 units (529 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 872 units (812 single-family, 22 in 2–4 unit, 38 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 1,425 units (1,312 single-family, 9 in 2–4 unit, 104 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 1,454 units (1,398 single-family, 24 in 2–4 unit, 32 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 2,362 units (1,685 single-family, 54 in 2–4 unit, 623 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 2,440 units (1,983 single-family, 99 in 2–4 unit, 358 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 2,295 units (2,017 single-family, 58 in 2–4 unit, 220 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 2,398 units (2,233 single-family, 59 in 2–4 unit, 106 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 2,550 units (1,888 single-family, 94 in 2–4 unit, 568 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 2,672 units (2,016 single-family, 149 in 2–4 unit, 507 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 3,318 units (2,218 single-family, 153 in 2–4 unit, 947 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 2,498 units (1,563 single-family, 159 in 2–4 unit, 776 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 2,709 units (1,422 single-family, 147 in 2–4 unit, 1,140 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 1,867 units (1,385 single-family, 91 in 2–4 unit, 391 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 3,122 units (1,414 single-family, 197 in 2–4 unit, 1,511 in 5+ unit buildings)2004200820122016202020252005 high · 5,046

Single-family2–4 units5+ units

Its population grew 7% between 2020 and 2025, the fastest growth among the 48 metro areas based in the Pacific states.

Boom, bust and since

Its peak year is shared by 105 other metro areas, among them Daphne, Lynchburg, Evansville. Annual permits fell from 5,046 during the mid-2000s boom to 452 in 2009, a drop of 91%. The nearest bust profile in the Pacific states was Redding's (91%). The 2021–2025 pace of 2,703 units a year is 38% below the 2004–2006 pace. Permits rose 7 years in a row up to 2016. From 2024 to 2025 the count rose 67%.

Busiest permit offices

Across the metro area, 6 permit offices authorized new housing in 2021–2025. The busiest was Bend, with 6,665 units or 49% of the total, followed by Redmond with 2,391. Among the three largest, Bend put 47% of its units in five-plus buildings, Deschutes County (unincorporated) 16%.

  • Bend49% (6,665 units)
  • Redmond18% (2,391 units)
  • Deschutes County (unincorporated)17% (2,341 units)
  • Crook County10% (1,345 units)
  • Jefferson County5.4% (724 units)
  • Sisters0.4% (48 units)

Share of the units authorized in the metro area, 2021–2025.

Where in the metro

Deschutes County accounted for 85% of the metro area's units in 2021–2025, Crook County for 10%.

  • Deschutes County85% (2,574 in 2025)
  • Crook County10% (414 in 2025)
  • Jefferson County5.4% (134 in 2025)

Houses or apartments

In Bend, 59% of the units authorized in 2021–2025 were single-family houses and 35% were in buildings of five or more units, against 34% nationally. The closest match in building mix among the 386 other metro areas is Carson City (35% in five-plus buildings). That share has risen sharply since 2004–2006, when it stood at 5.9%. Duplexes to fourplexes are unusually common here: 5.5% of units, against 3.5% nationally. Units in five-plus buildings peaked in 2025 (1,511), single-family houses in 2005 (4,465).

2021–202559.2%59%5.5%35.3%35%2004–200688.1%88%5.9%5.9%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%2021–202559.2%59%5.5%35.3%35%2004–200688.1%88%5.9%5.9%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%

Similar in size

Metro area2004–20252025 unitsPer 1,000 a year5+ share
Lynchburg, VA1,1153.921%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL2,66514.212%
Bend, OR3,12210.335%
Erie, PA2430.933%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI4871.814%

Rates and shares: 2021–2025.

Put Bend beside Erie

Every yearly figure behind the chart, split by building size: yearly-units.csv. State view: Oregon. Counting rules.