Aloha Movers

Aloha, More Than an Address

Aloha by the Numbers

Aloha is an unincorporated community of approximately 50,000 residents in Washington County, Oregon, located along the OR-8 Tualatin Valley Highway corridor west of Beaverton and east of Hillsboro. It covers roughly 11 square miles and is bounded by Beaverton to the east, Hillsboro to the west, and Beaverton and Tigard to the south. With no incorporated status, Washington County provides all government services, from road maintenance and zoning to permitting and code enforcement.

The community’s proximity to Intel’s Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro and the Nike campus in Beaverton has made it part of the Silicon Forest employment zone even though it lacks the civic infrastructure of either city. Housing affordability, measured relative to its neighbors, has made it a practical choice for the large workforce that serves these employers without the incomes to afford closer-in housing.

The TV Highway corridor through the center of the community is the commercial and transit spine. TriMet bus service runs frequently along the corridor, connecting Aloha to Portland and to the MAX Blue Line at Beaverton Transit Center and at Hillsboro.

The History of the Community

The origin of the name Aloha in this context is not definitively documented, though local tradition holds that early settlers with connections to Hawaii brought the name with them when they established a post office in the area in the early 20th century. The community grew slowly through the first half of the century as an agricultural area in the Tualatin Valley.

The postwar suburban expansion of the 1950s and 1960s began the transformation of Aloha into a residential community. Washington County invested in road infrastructure along the TV Highway corridor to serve the growing population, and the area filled in rapidly with the single-family subdivisions that still make up most of the housing stock. The decision not to incorporate has remained consistent ever since, reflecting a preference among property owners for county-level governance and lower municipal overhead.

The growth of the Silicon Forest in the 1980s and 1990s, centered on Intel’s expansion in Hillsboro, accelerated demand for housing in Aloha. New apartment complexes and townhome developments have continued to fill in available land along the highway corridor and in the areas south toward the Tualatin River.

What an Aloha Move Actually Involves

Aloha moves have a few consistent variables worth planning for in advance.

The TV Highway corridor is the busiest road through the community, and a move that involves loading or delivery near the highway itself needs to account for traffic at commute windows, particularly the morning rush westbound and the afternoon rush eastbound toward Beaverton. For properties directly on or near the highway, we stage the truck at a time that avoids the worst congestion.

The older single-family neighborhoods have standard access in most cases, but parking for a large moving truck on narrower residential streets can require coordination with neighbors or a temporary permit through Washington County. We handle this in advance.

The newer apartment communities that have been built near the TV Highway and along the OR-8 corridor follow the standard multi-family protocol: advance scheduling with management, elevator or stair coordination, time windows for the loading area, and certificates of insurance where required.

Washington County, rather than a city, issues any permits needed for truck staging on county roads. The process differs from what residents of Beaverton or Hillsboro may be used to, and we are familiar with the Washington County requirements.