[6] Deschutes River Woods was originally planned as a hunting and trapping resort, but emerged as a suburb in the 1960s when the land was divided up into 1-to-5-acre (0.40 to 2.02 ha) parcels and re-zoned for family dwellings; since that time the lots have been further sub-divided to 0.25 acres.

[citation needed] The CDP is located in central Deschutes County, bordering the southwest edge of the city of Bend.

The Deschutes River forms the northwestern edge of the CDP, with the community of Seventh Mountain on the opposite bank.

17.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

1990 and 2000 data:https://usa.ipums.org/usa/resources/voliii/pubdocs/2000/phc-3-39.pdf Counted separately as two different parts with changed boundaries.