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Population (year 2000): 959. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,212 (+26.4% change)
Males: 475 (49.5%), Females: 484 (50.5%)
Deschutes County
Zip code:
97759
Median resident age: 38.8 years
Median household income: $35,000 (year 2000)
Median house value: $147,400 (year 2000)
Races in Sisters:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.1%)
- Hispanic (4.6%)
- American Indian (1.9%)
- Other race (1.4%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (25.7%), English (17.1%),
Irish (16.5%), Norwegian (6.3%), United States (5.7%), Italian
(5.1%).
Elevation: 3186 feet
Land area: 1.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sisters
- High school or higher: 89.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.9%
- Unemployed: 5.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 14.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sisters city
- Never married: 28.6%
- Now married: 53.6%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 5.3%
- Divorced: 11.5%
1.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +237 (+32.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sisters:
- CHS,INC DBA ST CHARLES MEDICAL CTR (about 23 miles;
BEND, OR)
- CENTRAL OREGON DISTRICT HOSPITAL (about 25 miles;
REDMOND, OR)
- MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL (about 38 miles; MADRAS, OR)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sisters:
- ROBERTS FIELD (about 29 miles; REDMOND, OR; ID: RDM)
- MCNARY FLD (about 109 miles; SALEM, OR; ID: SLE)
- PORTLAND INTL (about 115 miles; PORTLAND, OR; ID:
PDX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sisters:
- SISTERS EAGLE AIR (about 2 miles; SISTERS, OR; ID:
6K5)
- LAKE BILLY CHINOOK STATE (about 23 miles; CULVER,
OR; ID: 5S5)
- BEND MUNI (about 29 miles; BEND, OR; ID: S07)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sisters:
- CENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23 miles;
BEND, OR; Full-time enrollment: 2,274)
- CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 102 miles; OREGON
CITY, OR; FT enrollment: 3,446)
- MT HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 104 miles; GRESHAM,
OR; FT enrollment: 4,867)
- PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 106 miles;
Portland, OR; FT enrollment: 12,132)
- UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (about 106 miles; EUGENE, OR;
FT enrollment: 16,239)
- WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY (about 109 miles; SALEM, OR;
FT enrollment: 2,325)
- CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 109 miles; SALEM,
OR; FT enrollment: 5,253)
Public high school in Sisters:
- SISTERS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 502; Location:
1700 W MCKINNEY BUTTE RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Sisters:
- SISTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 426;
Location: 611 E CASCADE; Grades: KG - 05)
- SISTERS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 302;
Location: 15200 MCKENZIE HWY; Grades: 06 - 08)
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