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Eagle Crest, Oregon.

A community in Deschutes County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Deschutes County’s.

Living in Eagle Crest, Deschutes County, Oregon

Eagle Crest, in Deschutes County, had 2,761 people in the 2020 census. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% are rented. Unemployment in Deschutes County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Deschutes County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,761 in the 2020 census; median age 67.7
Household income Too few homes in Eagle Crest for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.5% Deschutes County, August 2026; 4.8% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 1,358households
  • 55%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 27 mintypical commute

What people in Deschutes County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Building trades9%
  • Manufacturing7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Deschutes County had 93,998 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 42° and 23°; warmest in July, 88° and 48° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 88° 48° A S O N D 42° 23°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 42° and 23°; warmest in July, 88° and 48° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 88° 48° A S O N D 42° 23°

Coldest in December, with highs near 42° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 48°. About 8 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Redmond Roberts Field weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Deschutes County

  1. St Charles Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,092FTE
  2. Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1School district1,995FTE
  3. Redmond SD 2JSchool district874FTE
  4. BasxFurnaces, warm air, manufacturing813
  5. High Desert Education ServicesEducation program administration794
  6. Sunriver ResortHotels with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities732
  7. Mt. BachelorAlpine skiing facilities without accommodations576
  8. Central Oregon Community CollegeTwo-year college513

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 184 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 23,835 people in all across the county; Eagle Crest has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireVery high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. Volcanic activityRelatively moderate
  5. AvalanchesRelatively moderate
  6. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Eagle Crest’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Deschutes County.