Beaver Dam is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 16,443 people and five associated neighborhoods, Beaver Dam is the 52nd largest community in Wisconsin. Much of the housing stock in Beaver Dam was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Beaver Dam is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Beaver Dam is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beaver Dam who work in sales jobs (11.02%), management occupations (7.95%), and business and financial occupations (7.51%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.48% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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, Beaver Dam is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.13% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Beaver Dam in 2022 was $37,703, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,812 for a family of four. However, Beaver Dam contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Beaver Dam is a somewhat 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 Asian. 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 10.62% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Beaver Dam include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Beaver Dam is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
