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Beaver Dam, KY

3,524 Population
3 square miles 1,159.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio County: 40.5 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,695 ±$12,697 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio County: $28,772 ±$2,094
  • a little less than the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,944 ±$6,079 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio County: $57,798 ±$3,573
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±6.8% (393  ±241) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio County: 12.5% † 2,919 (±2.1% / ±492)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.6 minutes ±4.4 (39,470  ±9,156) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio County: 28.1 251,075 (±1.4 / ±17,753)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,304 ±127 Number of households
  • Ohio County: 9,107 ±275
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (3,524  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio County: 2.6 23,452 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

27.2% ±11.4% (220  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ohio County: 7.9% † 400 (±2% / ±101)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,455 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Ohio County: 10,241 ±24
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$167,900 ±$14,045 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Ohio County: $121,400 ±$6,846
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.8% ±12.3% (503  ±420.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio County: 8.2% † 1,928 (±2.2% / ±505.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.3% ±13.9% (2,014  ±373.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio County: 84.1% 13,642 (±4.4% / ±720.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.1% ±6.5% (394  ±160.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio County: 13.9% † 2,248 (±1.7% / ±281.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

10.3% ±4.9% (364  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ohio County: 2.1% 503
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±3% (167  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio County: 4.8% † 874 (±0.9% / ±165)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
167 Total veterans ±85 167 Male ±85 N/A Female ±13

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