Beaverton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 98,302 people and 47 associated neighborhoods, Beaverton is the seventh largest community in Oregon. Housing costs in Beaverton are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Oregon.Beaverton is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.88% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Beaverton is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beaverton who work in management occupations (11.84%), sales jobs (10.34%), and office and administrative support (9.78%). 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 interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 25.12% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. For the size of the city, public transportation in Beaverton is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Beaverton, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Beaverton, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Beaverton is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.08% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Beaverton in 2022 was $52,507, which is wealthy relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $210,028 for a family of four. However, Beaverton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Beaverton is an extremely 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 19.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Beaverton include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Beaverton's cultural character, accounting for 19.42% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Beaverton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
