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Terrebonne post office - Terrebonne Oregon
Oregon›Deschutes County

TerrebonneOR

A town of 1,602.

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Terrebonne, OR · Photo: Tedder · CC BY 3.0 · Source ↗

Is Terrebonne a good place to live?

Terrebonne’s best subject grades are an A− for health and a B+ for schools; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. Terrebonne’s mean commuting time is 34 minutes, above both Oregon’s towns (23 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Of the 143 Oregon towns we compare, none has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Terrebonne. Only 5 of Oregon’s 228 towns score lower on the outdoors. Terrebonne has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

What makes Terrebonne stand out

Where Terrebonne beats most towns.

A growing town

Terrebonne has grown 11% from 2010 to 2020

1,257 counted in 2010 and 1,393 in 2020.

1,2572010
1,3932020

U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts

How Terrebonne grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Terrebonne is from typical.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Photo of outside Terrebonne Oregon, taken from the top of Smith Rock
Photo of outside Terrebonne Oregon, taken from the top of Smith Rock, 2012
Terrebonne’s story

Terrebonne in pictures

Census counts: 75 in 1930, 1,393 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2012 and 2 maps from 1962 on.

Explore the history →
Getting set up

Moving to Terrebonne: who provides what

Terrebonne is unincorporated, so Deschutes County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerPacific Power15.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterTerrebonne Domestic Water DistrictNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet7 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesDeschutes CountyDeschutes County provides services here
SchoolsRedmond School District 2JWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Oregon you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereDeschutes County Clerk, Elections OfficeDeschutes County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jan 2024
ZIP code9776097760 100%Census 2020

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 Terrebonne.

HealthA−

Residents of Terrebonne are healthier than 76% of U.S. towns

Terrebonne: 18% of adults get no exercise outside work. Among 143 Oregon towns, just 7 have a lower share of adults who have obesity than Terrebonne.

76%healthier than U.S. townsA−Health Grade
TerrebonneOregon townsU.S. towns
Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES)27%32%36%
Obesity (CDC PLACES)28%35%35%
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)18%21%25%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)76%72%79%
26 measures vs. Oregon
0 better24 too close to call2 worse
What stands outTerrebonneOR
More adults who have had cancer10.7%8.9%
More adults with arthritis31.2%27.4%
St. Charles Medical Center Prineville
17.9 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

SchoolsB+

Terrebonne’s schools rank ahead of 72% of Oregon districts

Its one school is below. Public schools: Redmond SD 2J. Enrollment at Terrebonne’s public school: 315 students.

72%of OR districts it outscoresB+School Grade
SchoolLevelStudentsLetter
Terrebonne Community SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5Grades K–5315C−

NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation

Work & commuteJobs & income grade B

Most of Terrebonne’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.6 jobs for each of them

Just 3% of Terrebonne’s working residents have a job in town. Since 2013, Terrebonne has added 116 jobs, to 309 in 2023. Terrebonne: 3.9% of residents live below the poverty line, below both the Oregon town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The median commute is under 19 miles.

3%work in town
TerrebonneOregon townsU.S. towns
Below the poverty line3.9%11%9.6%
Working residents who work in town2.7%9.8%8%
Median household income$89,000$81,000$80,000

Where working residents work

In Terrebonne3%
Redmond29%
Bend23%
Portland5%
Prineville4%
19 mi
median commute distance
309
jobs based in Terrebonne
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Terrebonne

The July high in the town is 87°F.

9″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter25–43°
Spring33–61°
Summer46–83°
Fall34–64°
Sep 14
typical first frost
Jun 9
typical last frost
+1.1°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

HousingCost of living grade C−

A typical Terrebonne home is worth about $564K

The typical Terrebonne home is worth about $564,000, about the same as a year ago, 15% above the Oregon typical home.

$564KZillow home value

Typical home value

Terrebonne$564K
Oregon$493K
+0.2%
value change, 1 year

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B−

Terrebonne has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from avalanches

Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in just over half of U.S. communities. FEMA puts half of Terrebonne’s expected hazard losses down to avalanches, and 25% to wildfires. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2020.

51risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
51Moderate riskLowerHigher
AvalanchesWildfireInland flooding
1
federal disasters paid out here

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Terrebonne

16pages on Terrebonne
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Terrebonne; the nearest are

A commuter town

97% of working residents leave Terrebonne for work

Where Terrebonne’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

29% → Redmond Redmond 29% 23% → Bend Bend 23% 5% → Portland Portland 5% 4% → Prineville Prineville 4% 2% → Madras Madras 2% 2% → Tigard Tigard 2% Terrebonne · 3% stay
309jobs based in Terrebonne
3%of working residents work in town
19 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Terrebonne

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Terrebonne is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Terrebonne had a population of 1,393.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
1.0 sq mi
Elevation
2,871 ft
ZIP code
97760
Area code
458, 541

Questions about Terrebonne

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Terrebonne, OR expensive?

Yes. That is 6.3 years of the area's median household income ($89,788 across the Bend, OR metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.