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52,389people live here $101,934median household income▲ 26% above US $1,896median rent per month▲ 34% above US $484,400median home value▲ 46% above US

Aloha is an unincorporated community in Washington County, OR. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Aloha

Aloha is a large unincorporated community in Oregon with household incomes running above the national average, air quality that stays clean most of the year, and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Aloha deals with rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Clean air
Average class sizes

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High home prices

How Aloha compares

Median household income

Aloha$101,934

Oregon avg$83,011

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Aloha$1,896

Oregon avg$1,525

US$1,413

Median home value

Aloha$484,400

Oregon avg$477,600

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Aloha

Based on Aloha's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,792

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $75,840 a year
43% of Aloha renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$96,880

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $48,440
Homes cost 4.8× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 34% above US

$1,896/mo median rent

Rent runs on the higher side, at $1,896 a month median. Whether that premium makes sense usually comes down to the local job market and what it pays. Home prices are steep, with a median around $484,400. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.

Median home value $484,400 · 43% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.9% county unemployment

Unemployment in Washington County is 4.9%, somewhat above the national average of 4.3%. Lining up work before the move is the safer route. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Washington County (county-wide)

Safety

205 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Aloha doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Washington County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 855/100k · Policed by Washington County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

25 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 25.4 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 22% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

63%

Work from home

22%

Carpool

10%

Public transit

2.8%

Walk

1.2%

Other

1.1%

Climate

Summers are comfortable, with highs around 79°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 40°F.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

35% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 35% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

10 public schools inside the boundary

There are 10 public schools inside the boundary and 2 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1, close to the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (13 miles away). There are 2 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Aloha's strongest points are household incomes running above the national average and air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($1,896/mo) equals 22% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (22% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget.

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