Beaver Dam is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 16,531 people and five associated neighborhoods, Beaver Dam is the 52nd largest community in Wisconsin. Beaver Dam has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.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 managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beaver Dam who work in sales jobs (10.42%), management occupations (10.05%), and office and administrative support (7.71%). Being a small city, Beaver Dam does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Beaver Dam who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.32% of adults in Beaver Dam have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Beaver Dam in 2022 was $38,989, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,956 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 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 10.20% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Beaver Dam include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Beaver Dam is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
