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Three Rivers, 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 Three Rivers, Deschutes County, Oregon

Three Rivers, in Deschutes County, had 3,925 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $87,313 a year and half less, against $92,758 across Deschutes County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 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 residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 3,925 in the 2020 census
Household income $87,313 the median, give or take $13,227 · Deschutes County: $92,758
Unemployment 4.5% Deschutes County, August 2026; 4.8% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 1,678households
  • 44%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 24 mintypical commute
  • 25%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care27%
  • Professional and business services16%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment14%
  • Building trades7%
  • 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, 38° and 19°; warmest in July, 84° and 41° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 84° 41° A S O N D 38° 19°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 38° and 19°; warmest in July, 84° and 41° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 84° 41° A S O N D 38° 19°

Coldest in December, with highs near 38° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 41°. About 19 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sunriver weather station, 5 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; Three Rivers has none 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. Volcanic activityRelatively moderate
  2. WildfireRelatively moderate
  3. Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of Three RiversRelatively moderate
  4. Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of Three RiversRelatively moderate
  5. Lightningrelatively high in parts of Three RiversRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Three Rivers’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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.