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Population (year 2000): 3,033. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,113 (+2.6% change)
Males: 1,427 (47.0%), Females: 1,606 (53.0%)
Ohio County
Zip code:
42320
Median resident age: 39.5 years
Median household income: $28,066 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,600 (year 2000)
Races in Beaver Dam:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.6%)
- Black (3.4%)
- Hispanic (2.6%)
- Other race (1.7%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (24.5%), Irish (8.1%),
English (6.8%), German (5.2%), Dutch (1.5%), Scottish (1.4%).
Elevation: 414 feet
Land area: 2.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Beaver Dam
- High school or higher: 69.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.8%
- Unemployed: 6.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Beaver Dam city
- Never married: 19.9%
- Now married: 55.6%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 11.0%
- Divorced: 11.9%
3.0% Foreign born (2.0% Latin America, 1.0%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +27 (+0.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Beaver Dam:
- OHIO CO HOSP (about 5 miles; HARTFORD, KY)
- MUHLENBERG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 27 miles;
GREENVILLE, KY)
- OWENSBORO MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM (about 29 miles;
OWENSBORO, KY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Beaver Dam:
- OWENSBORO-DAVIESS COUNTY (about 31 miles; OWENSBORO,
KY; ID: OWB)
- BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL (about 45 miles;
BOWLING GREEN, KY; ID: BWG)
- EVANSVILLE REGIONAL (about 62 miles; EVANSVILLE, IN;
ID: EVV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Beaver Dam:
- OHIO COUNTY (about 5 miles; HARTFORD, KY; ID: 7K4)
- MUHLENBERG COUNTY (about 23 miles; GREENVILLE, KY;
ID: M21)
- ROUGH RIVER STATE PARK (about 30 miles;
FALLS-OF-ROUGH, KY; ID: 2I3)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Beaver Dam:
- WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; BOWLING
GREEN, KY; Full-time enrollment: 12,806)
- TRINITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY-TRINITY COLLEGE (about
52 miles; NEWBURGH, IN; FT enrollment: 2,986)
- UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE (about 61 miles;
EVANSVILLE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,440)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA (about 66 miles;
EVANSVILLE, IN; FT enrollment: 7,510)
- AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles;
CLARKSVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,744)
- ELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 74 miles;
ELIZABETHTOWN, KY; FT enrollment: 2,217)
- VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 76 miles;
GALLATIN, TN; FT enrollment: 4,215)
Private high school in Beaver Dam:
- OHIO COUNTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 46;
Location: 59 MILLER RD; Grades: KG - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Beaver Dam:
- BEAVER DAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 432;
Location: 183 US HWY 62 E; Grades: PK - 06)
- SOUTHERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 227;
Location: 3836 US HWY 231 S; Grades: PK - 06)
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