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Beaver Dam, KY

3,526 Population
3 square miles 1,160.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio County: 40.9 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,154 ±$4,397 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Ohio County: $27,179 ±$1,585
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$52,546 ±$5,565 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Ohio County: $54,369 ±$2,579
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

9.5% ±5.9% (335  ±207) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio County: 13.1% † 3,023 (±2.5% / ±572)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

31.3 minutes ±4 (35,425  ±8,855) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio County: 28.8 255,500 (±1.6 / ±20,058)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

1,312 ±127 Number of households
  • Ohio County: 9,155 ±259
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.7 ±0.3 (3,526  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio County: 2.6 23,410 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

24.5% ±12.7% (170  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ohio County: 6.2% † 312 (±2.3% / ±117)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

1,430 ±153 Number of housing units
  • Ohio County: 10,199 ±36
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$155,800 ±$25,522 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Ohio County: $113,400 ±$5,222
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

13.5% ±10.3% (465  ±354.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio County: 8.2% † 1,922 (±2% / ±460.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

84% ±12.7% (1,962  ±345) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio County: 83.8% 13,485 (±4.3% / ±699.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
16.9% ±6.3% (395  ±151.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio County: 14.2% † 2,281 (±1.7% / ±280.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.5% ±6.5% (369  ±230) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ohio County: 2.8% 656
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

4.6% ±2.6% (125  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio County: 6.1% † 1,101 (±0.9% / ±155)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
125 Total veterans ±72 125 Male ±72 N/A Female ±13

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