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Beaver Dam, KY

3,535 Population
3 square miles 1,163.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio County: 41 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,182 ±$8,027 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio County: $26,712 ±$1,847
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $33,515 ±$209
$48,991 ±$5,468 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio County: $52,474 ±$2,436
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $60,183 ±$443

19.5% ±11% (689  ±387) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio County: 14% † 3,263 (±3% / ±693)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 704,758 (±0.3% / ±11,207)

29.1 minutes ±5.8 (33,420  ±10,675) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio County: 27.5 253,840 (±1.6 / ±20,582)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 23.9 43,874,500 (±0.2 / ±339,555)

Families

1,472 ±128 Number of households
  • Ohio County: 9,041 ±243
  • Kentucky: 1,769,102 ±5,421
2.4 ±0.2 (3,535  ±13) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio County: 2.6 23,486 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,380,020

9.4% ±10.7% (49  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio County: 5.8% † 290 (±2.5% / ±126)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 54,219 (±0.2% / ±1,780)

Housing

1,583 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Ohio County: 10,196 ±26
  • Kentucky: 1,999,202 ±351

$148,000 ±$31,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ohio County: $114,900 ±$5,618
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $177,000 ±$1,059

5.6% ±3.7% (196  ±,129.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio County: 7.8% † 1,819 (±1.6% / ±,372.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 13.4% 596,463 (±0.2% / ±9,612.4)

Social

81.3% ±12.6% (2,096  ±,379.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio County: 81.8% 13,388 (±4.4% / ±,742.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.2% 2,703,662 (±0.4% / ±12,219.6)
15.1% ±6.9% (389  ±,181.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio County: 14.4% † 2,354 (±1.8% / ±,301.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 26.5% 811,939 (±0.2% / ±6,703.3)

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

8.9% ±8% (315  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ohio County: 2.9% 684
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.1% 184,109

4.4% ±3.4% (125  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio County: 6.1% † 1,111 (±1.1% / ±199)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 7% 244,703 (±0.1% / ±3,546)
125 Total veterans ±96 125 Male ±96 N/A Female ±12

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