Who lives in Aloha, Oregon?
Oregon · West · 54K residents · Suburban
Key signals
vs. national baselineHow Aloha compares
Where Aloha lands when every US city is ranked on the same behavioral measures, and the cities whose residents most closely mirror its habits, values, and personality.
National standings
17 measures · percentile vs. 865 US citiesClosest matches
similarity, 0–100Who they are
Aloha is an unincorporated community of about 53,532 people in Washington County, sitting between Beaverton and Hillsboro with no city hall of its own and services drawn from the county and two school districts. It is one of Oregon's most racially diverse suburbs, a working-family belt inside the Silicon Forest where Intel, Nike, Tektronix, and HP all sit within a short commute. The age curve skews toward the middle of working life: the 35-44 band carries roughly 21% of residents against about 16% nationally, and the 65-and-over share runs lighter at about 15% versus a national fifth.
The loudest signal here is appetite for new technology. Around 40% of residents are early adopters, a clear step above the national 27%, which fits a place ringed by chip fabs and engineering campuses where a new device or platform is part of the working vocabulary. That instinct travels with financial footing: roughly 57% hold good credit, several points up on the country.
Gender split
vs. national baselineAge distribution
audience % · vs. national baselineHow they think
Personality in Aloha sits close to the national center. Openness and agreeableness land right on baseline, and conscientiousness is within a point. The one real dip is extraversion, a few points below average, which reads like a commuter suburb built around households and quiet streets rather than a dense social scene.
Decision-making is measured. Both how fast residents commit and how much risk they will shoulder track the national shape, with only a mild pull away from the most cautious end. This is an audience that weighs a choice without freezing on it, comfortable enough to try the new thing but not chasing a gamble for its own sake.
Decision psychology
audience % · vs. national baselineDecision speed
Risk tolerance
Personality fingerprint
Big Five (OCEAN) · 0–50–100 scaleAudience score on each Big Five axis. Dashed outline = national average.
Percentile position vs. 865 US cities. ● = this audience; center line = national median.
What they care about
Environmental concern leans engaged without turning into activism. The largest group is the aware middle at roughly 43%, above the national 38%, while the unconcerned end thins out. It is the posture of households that recycle, notice, and care, without organizing their lives around the cause. Ethical consumption follows the same temperate line: fewer residents than average opt out entirely, and the occasional-buyer group sits a touch high.
Trust in companies runs slightly warmer than the country. The trusting group is a few points up and the outright cynical group is smaller, so blunt anti-corporate framing has less to push against here. Preference for local business sits right on the national mark, neither a draw nor a deterrent.
Environmental priority
how much they prioritize sustainability when buying
Corporate skepticism
distrust of big-company motives and messaging
Local business preference
bias toward small/local over national chains
Ethical consumption
whether they actually act on ethical buying preferences
How to reach them
Facebook remains the single most-used platform here, though it sits a few points below the national Facebook share, while Instagram over-indexes at roughly 23% against 19%. YouTube and TikTok hold their usual ground, and the group reachable on no platform at all is smaller than average, so this is a connected audience.
Format preference is broad rather than narrow. Short video leads slightly and a healthy quarter favor a mix of formats, which means a campaign can run across feed video and written detail without leaving a segment behind. The lift on Instagram is the cleanest place to lead.
Where attention lives
social platformFormat mix
content formatHow they spend
Aloha households run a tidy ledger. The non-saver group is down to about 17% against a national 27%, and the regular savers sit above average, so a clear majority puts something aside on a schedule. Investing leans the same way, with the no-stake group thinner than the country, and only about 11% carry minimal insurance against a national 20%. This is a covered, cushioned household economy.
Buying happens on a steady cadence rather than in bursts. Monthly and weekly purchasers both run above national while the rare-buyer group shrinks. Price is the leading motivation, in line with the rest of the country, so value still has to be shown plainly even to a comfortable saver.
Purchase motivation
Purchase frequency
Savings behavior
How they live
Wellness in Aloha is hands-on in some places and hands-off in others. About 42% take a proactive approach to staying healthy, above the national third, and the indifferent group is noticeably smaller. Yet when it comes to medical care itself, roughly 40% are reactive only, dealing with problems as they surface rather than scheduling ahead, a step up on the national 30%. The pattern is self-directed health, gym and habits and diet, paired with a wait-and-see relationship to the clinic.
Sleep gets real weight: only about 13% treat it as a low priority, well under the national 22%. Spending on well-being holds up too, with the minimal-spender group running several points light. Openness to talking about mental health tracks the national norm, neither guarded nor especially vocal.
Health consciousness
audience % · vs. national baselineMental wellness openness
audience % · vs. national baselineHow this profile was built
This profile draws on a population of 10M+ statistically modeled U.S. adults, calibrated against Census ACS data, BLS employment statistics, CDC BRFSS (N>400K), and peer-reviewed personality and consumer research. The traits most distinctive to Aloha, Oregon (tech adoption, credit health, and healthcare style) are primarily derived from the peer-reviewed and federal sources listed below.
References
- 1.U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey — Demographic Tables (B01001, B15003, B19001, B23025, C24050)
- 2.Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics / Current Employment Statistics
- 3.Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024). Consumer Expenditure Surveys
- 4.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (N=400,000)
- 5.Pew Research Center (2016). Technology Adoption by Baby Boomers (and Everybody Else) (N=1,520)
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