Eagle CrestOR
A town of 2,677, settled in 1985.
Is Eagle Crest a good place to live?
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its lowest grade is for cost of living — the typical home is worth about $750K, 8.4 years of the Bend metro’s $90K median household income. Eagle Crest’s overall grade, C, puts it better than a third of U.S. towns. That places it 67th of 142 in Oregon. Walkability is weaker too. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Where it does best is health — it is healthier than 83% of U.S. towns. Add schools to its strengths: its schools rank ahead of 72% of Oregon towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
Eagle Crest has grown 63% from 2010 to 2020
1,696 counted in 2010 and 2,761 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Eagle Crest grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Eagle Crest is from typical.
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Moving to Eagle Crest: who provides what
Eagle Crest is unincorporated, so Deschutes County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Oct 2, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Eagle Crest.
Eagle Crest is a second-home town, has a shorter frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and keeps more of its land conserved than most of Oregon.
Eagle Crest keeps nearly a third of its land conserved
Its 4,416 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in any other Oregon town.
The density of trails for Eagle Crest comes to 1.6 miles per square mile, where Oregon’s towns sit at 0.8 and U.S. towns at 0.4. 24 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Oregon and the rest of the country, fewer of Eagle Crest’s adults sleep under 7 hours
A quarter of Eagle Crest adults have obesity, below both Oregon’s towns (35%) and U.S. towns (35%). Among 142 Oregon towns, just 3 have a lower share of adults who binge drink than Eagle Crest. What’s more, the share of adults in Eagle Crest who smoke cigarettes: 7.8%. On the CDC’s 26 measures, Eagle Crest is ahead of Oregon on 13 and behind on 7.
| Eagle Crest | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 18% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 32% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 72% | 79% |
| What stands out | Eagle Crest | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.4% | 8.5% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.9% | 12.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 17% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Eagle Crest
Eagle Crest has 200 jobs for its 918 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 364 in 2013 to 200.
The average trip to work in Eagle Crest is 27 minutes. Most people who work leave Eagle Crest to do it: just 3% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Eagle Crest dropped by 164, to 200. The top destinations are Bend (26%), Redmond (12%) and Portland (9%).
| Eagle Crest | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $103,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Eagle Crest has four seasons and pleasant summers
The Bend weather station, 14 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 105 days, shorter than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 25.5°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 80% of Oregon places with climate records; July afternoons average 85.2°.
About 22 inches of snow falls in a winter. For Eagle Crest, the January low is 26°F.
| Eagle Crest | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 26°F | 36°F | 22°F |
| July high | 85°F | 82°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in Eagle Crest, mostly wildfire
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in two thirds of U.S. communities. Just over half of Eagle Crest’s expected losses from natural hazards come from wildfires, followed by inland flooding at 42%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More of Eagle Crest’s households are owner-occupiers than in the typical Oregon or U.S. town
At 8.4 years of the Bend metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 97% of Oregon towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $5,844, against $3,876 across Oregon, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median sale price was $575,000 in May 2026. A home in Eagle Crest typically sold within 34 days of listing. Homes in Eagle Crest sold for 98.1% of their list price on average.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Three Sisters and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eagle Crest. Close and well known come first.
26 mi MountainThree Sisters
11 mi State parkSmith Rock State Park
40 mi MountainNewberry Volcano27 mi Ski areaMt. Bachelor128 runs · 3,233 ft vertical39 mi Park & preserveNewberry National Volcanic Monument
4 mi MuseumPetersen Rock GardenPhoto credits
Three Sisters: USGS photo by Lyn Topinka, Public domain · Smith Rock State Park: Max Schwarz, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Newberry Volcano: USGS photo by Lyn Topinka, Public domain · Newberry National Volcanic Monument: USGS photo by Lyn Topinka, Public domain · Petersen Rock Garden: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Eagle Crest
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Eagle Crest
About 2 of every 100 Eagle Crest residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oregon.
97% of working residents leave Eagle Crest for work
Where Eagle Crest’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Eagle Crest
Place in Oregon, United States
Eagle Crest is a census-designated place in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is a resort area with a hotel, conference center, three golf courses, and three major housing developments each with multiple subdivisions. The resort is located west of Redmond in Central Oregon. The development covers 1,700 acres (6.9 km2) on the east slopes of Cline Buttes running eastward to the Deschutes River plus a separate area on the northwest side of the butte. The resort and the area around had a residential population of 1,696 at the 2010 census. The 2020 census count was 2,761.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1985
- Area
- 15 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,051 ft
- Area code
- 458, 541
Questions about Eagle Crest
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Eagle Crest, OR a good place to live?
Eagle Crest grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #67 of 142 in Oregon. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Eagle Crest, OR expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $750,000, 52% above the Oregon typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.