Beaverton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 75,918 people and 23 constituent neighborhoods, Beaverton is the fifth largest community in Oregon.

Beaverton is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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 jobs (15.86%), sales jobs (11.97%), and management occupations (11.65%).

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.

One thing that you will notice about Beaverton is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Beaverton a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Beaverton is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Beaverton Information and Demographics

The education level of Beaverton citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 39.07% of adults in Beaverton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Beaverton in 2000 was $25,419, which is wealthy relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,676 for a family of four.

Beaverton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Beaverton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Beaverton is 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 10.98% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Beaverton include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Beaverton's cultural character, accounting for 18.45% of the city's population.

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