Best PlacesAloha, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Aloha, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Aloha ranks 601st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Aloha
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in Aloha
The parts of Aloha, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Cooper Mountain-Aloha North
Cooper Mountain Aloha South & West Beaverton
Five Oaks
Scores across Aloha run from about the 34th to the 97th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Aloha's strengths and weaknesses
Where Aloha ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of cities
- BikingBetter than 97% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 91% of cities
- TransitBetter than 90% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of cities
Where Aloha ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,642 a month, better than only 9% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 30% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 33% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 36% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Aloha
A household needs to earn about $129,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Aloha home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $104,250, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Aloha's effective rate of 0.85%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Aloha
Aloha runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Aloha.
Who works in Aloha, and how
Work in Aloha centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Aloha
Aloha has more parkland per resident than 82% of cities and more late-night spots per resident than 76% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Aloha and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Aloha, month by month
Aloha sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 69° | 52° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Aloha
Portland International sits about 15 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Aloha
Schools across Aloha average a B, better than 68% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Mckinley Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Kinnaman Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Chehalem Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Meadow Park Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Five Oaks Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- R A Brown Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- International School Of BeavertonA+ · 87% proficient
- Westview High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Hillsboro High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Aloha school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Aloha measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Aloha against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Aloha suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Aloha
Is Aloha a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Aloha ranks 601st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on clean air, biking, and state infrastructure, and lowest on childcare costs and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Aloha expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $489,605. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $104,250 median income, cost of living beats 54% of cities.
Is Aloha safe?
Aloha is safer than 48% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $414 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Aloha?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 33. That works out to about 99 pleasant days a year, more than 59% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Aloha?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Cooper Mountain-Aloha North, Cooper Mountain Aloha South & West Beaverton, and Five Oaks. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Aloha with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Aloha. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Aloha represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Aloha detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Aloha: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Aloha: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Aloha: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Aloha: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Aloha detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.