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Beaver Dam is a small town of 3,524 people in Ohio County, Kentucky. It's about 28 miles from Owensboro, KY and 85 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $168k and rent runs about $696 a month.
3,524people
$168kTypical home
$696/moRent
88° / 44°Summer / winter
5"Snow
224Sunny days
103Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,524
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,160 people per sq mi
- 85 mi to Louisville, KY
- 28 mi to Owensboro, KY
- 28 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $168k (≈$1,059/mo)
- Median rent $696/mo
- Median household income $54k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 12.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (92 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 103 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (65 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (462 per 100k)
People
- Median age 36
- 33% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to OWB airport
- 82 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 130 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 413 ft
- 465 mi to the ocean
- 67 mi to a big lake
- 43 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 82 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 25 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 34 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 43% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 29 mi to the nearest vet
- 27 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 24 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ohio County: R+60 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk