Three Rivers South, Oregon
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Three Rivers South or Three Rivers is a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) and
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Deschutes County, Oregon Deschutes County ( ) is one of the Oregon counties, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 198,253. The county seat is Bend, Oregon, Bend. The county was created in 1916 out ...
, 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 3,014 at the 2010 census.


Geography

Three Rivers South is located in south-central Deschutes County, south of Sunriver and north of
La Pine La Pine is a city in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, incorporated on December 7, 2006. La Pine is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,512 people as of the 2020 Census. La Pine is in an isola ...
, just west of U.S. Route 97. The Deschutes and Little Deschutes rivers join in the CDP, with the Little Deschutes passing through the eastern part of the CDP and the Deschutes River passing through the west. The Spring River is a short spring-fed river in the northern part of the CDP that joins the Deschutes River from the west. According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of , all counted as land.


Demographics

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 2,445 people, 991 households, and 709 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,575 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.81%
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, 0.37%
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, 1.43% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.41% from other races, and 2.70% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 2.70% of the population. There were 991 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were
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living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.81. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $33,939, and the median income for a family was $36,464. Males had a median income of $30,585 versus $25,063 for females. The
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for the CDP was $19,410. About 14.1% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the
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, including 17.9% of those under age 18 and 19.5% 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: * Three Rivers School * Residents may choose between
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 ...
or
La Pine High School La Pine Senior High School, called La Pine High School (LPHS), is a public high school in La Pine, Oregon, United States. The school district states that residents of these locations are in a choice zone where a student may attend either La Pine ...
. 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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