Deschutes River Woods is a

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(CDP) and

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Deschutes County Deschutes County ( ) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 198,253. The county seat is Bend. The county was created in 1916 out of part of Crook County and was named for the Deschu ...

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, United States. It is part of the

Bend, Oregon Bend is a city in central Oregon and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is located to the east of the Cascade Range, on the Deschutes River. The site became known by pioneers as a ford (cros ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,077 at the 2010 census.

History

Deschutes River Woods was originally planned as a hunting and trapping resort, but emerged as a suburb in the 1960s when the land was divided up into parcels and re-zoned for family dwellings; since that time the lots have been further sub-divided to 0.25 acres.

Geography

The CDP is located in central Deschutes County, bordering the southwest edge of the city of Bend. The

Deschutes River The Deschutes River ( ) in central Oregon is a major tributary of the Columbia River. The river provides much of the drainage on the eastern side of the Cascade Range in Oregon, gathering many of the tributaries that descend from the drier, easte ...

forms the northwestern edge of the CDP, with the community of Seventh Mountain on the opposite bank. The southern border of the CDP is with

Newberry National Volcanic Monument Newberry National Volcanic Monument was designated on November 5, 1990, to protect the area around the Newberry Volcano in the U.S. state of Oregon. The monument was created within the boundaries of the Deschutes National Forest, which is manag ...

, and U.S. Route 97 forms the eastern border. According to the

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, Deschutes River Woods has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.03%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2020, there were 4,532 people, and 2,142 households residing in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.2%

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, 0.3%

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, 1.2% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.0%

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, 7.0%

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or Latino and 1.4% from two or more races. As of the

of 2000, The population density was . There were 1,727 housing units at an average density of 355.2/sq mi (137.2/km²). There were 1,666 households, out of which 40.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% were

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living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.9% were non-families. 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.12. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 29.3% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 35.1% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.1 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,717, and the median income for a family was $45,046. Males had a median income of $34,053 versus $22,368 for females. The

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for the CDP was $16,934. About 6.6% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the

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, including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 2.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

It is in the

Bend-La Pine School District Bend-La Pine Schools is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the cities of Bend and La Pine in Central Oregon and the surrounding area, including Sunriver. The district has an enrollment of more than 18,000 students, and ...

. Zoned schools are: * Elk Meadow Elementary School, * Divided between Cascade Middle School and High Desert Middle School *

Caldera High School Caldera High School (CHS) is a public high school located in Bend, Oregon. Caldera is the newest school opened in the Bend-La Pine School District. In addition to sections of Bend, the high school's attendance boundary includes Deschutes Rive ...

Deschutes County is in the boundary of

Central Oregon Community College Central Oregon Community College is a public community college in Bend, Oregon. It primarily serves residents of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook Counties. Its service district also includes portions of Klamath, Lake, and Wasco counties. His ...

References

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