What is the population of Beaver Dam city?

Beaver Dam city has 3,526 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #111 of 554 in Kentucky.

What is the median household income in Beaver Dam city?

Median household income in Beaver Dam city is $52,546 a year, 33.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Beaver Dam city?

Median gross rent is $717 a month and the median home value is $155,800, so rent absorbs about 16.4% of median household income.

Is Beaver Dam city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Beaver Dam city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Beaver Dam, KY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Beaver Dam, Kentucky (Beaver Dam, KY — Census place “Beaver Dam city”) is 3,526 residents, ranking #111 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $52,546, the median home is worth $155,800 and median gross rent runs $717 a month. Looking for the Beaver Dam Kentucky ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Beaver Dam, KY: 42320.

Population: 3,526Beaver Dam city residents
Median household income: $52,546Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $155,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $717Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.7%Owner-occupied households

Beaver Dam ZIP codes (Kentucky)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Beaver Dam.

The Beaver Dam KY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

42320

What the numbers mean in Beaver Dam city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Beaver Dam city median would spend about 16.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.5% of residents and 62.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Beaver Dam city, KY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Beaver Dam city is a small town in Kentucky, with 3,526 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #111 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 35.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Beaver Dam city earn a median of $52,546 a year, 33.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 5% below the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 9.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Beaver Dam city is valued at $155,800, 48.6% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $717 a month, 49% below the national figure, or roughly $8,604 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 62.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Beaver Dam city?: Beaver Dam city has 3,526 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #111 of 554 in Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Beaver Dam city?: Median household income in Beaver Dam city is $52,546 a year, 33.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Beaver Dam city?: Median gross rent is $717 a month and the median home value is $155,800, so rent absorbs about 16.4% of median household income.
Is Beaver Dam city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Beaver Dam city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Beaver Dam city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.