Beaverton, OR real estate and demographic information

About Beaverton

Beaverton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 91,625 people and 35 constituent neighborhoods, Beaverton is the sixth largest community in Oregon.

Beaverton home prices are not only among the most expensive in Oregon, but Beaverton real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Unlike some cities, Beaverton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Beaverton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Beaverton is a city of sales and office workers, professionals and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beaverton who work in office and administrative support (14.17%), sales jobs (12.71%) and management occupations (10.73%).

Also of interest is that Beaverton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Beaverton is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Beaverton really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Beaverton perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Beaverton is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Beaverton area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Beaverton Information and Demographics

Beaverton is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 42.42% of adults in Beaverton have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Beaverton in 2010 was $30,526, which is wealthy relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $122,104 for a family of four. However, Beaverton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Beaverton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Beaverton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beaverton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Beaverton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Beaverton include German, Irish, English, Italian, European and Norwegian.

In addition, Beaverton has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.79%).

The most common language spoken in Beaverton is English. Some people also speak Spanish.