Beaver Dam is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 3,535 people and two associated neighborhoods, Beaver Dam is the 118th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Beaver Dam is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Beaver Dam is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Beaver Dam who work in office and administrative support (13.93%), teaching (12.88%), and community and social services (8.15%). One downside of living in Beaver Dam is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Beaver Dam, the average commute to work is 32.96 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Beaver Dam is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, the citizens of Beaver Dam rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.11% of adults 25 and older in Beaver Dam have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Beaver Dam in 2022 was $33,695, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,780 for a family of four. However, Beaver Dam contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Beaver Dam is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Beaver Dam home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beaver Dam residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Beaver Dam also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.42% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Beaver Dam include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Beaver Dam is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
