Home prices in Bend run 31% above the national median: $550,000 versus $420,000. Relative to the $72,000 median household income here, the price-to-income ratio comes out to 7.6x.
Factor in $403/month for property tax in Bend, based on the area's 0.88% effective rate applied to the median home price. That's $4,840 annually.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Oregon taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $3,485/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Bend track at 118 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Bend's median home price runs 8% higher than nearby Portland: $510,000 there versus $550,000 here.