About Beaverdam

Beaverdam is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 3,912 people and just one neighborhood, Beaverdam is the 183rd largest community in Virginia.

Beaverdam is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Beaverdam is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beaverdam who work in sales jobs (14.97%), office and administrative support jobs (11.28%), and management occupations (9.51%).

Also of interest is that Beaverdam has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One downside of living in Beaverdam is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Beaverdam, the average commute to work is 37.31 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Beaverdam is a very car-oriented town. 96.65% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Beaverdam is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Beaverdam has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Beaverdam does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Beaverdam Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Beaverdam is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 20.86% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Beaverdam in 2000 was $22,403, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,612 for a family of four.

Beaverdam is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Beaverdam home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Beaverdam is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Beaverdam include English, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Beaverdam is English.