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Beaver Dam is a small city of 16,565 people in Dodge County, Wisconsin. It's about 29 miles from Fond du Lac, WI and 52 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 25°F, with about 43 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $202k and rent runs about $959 a month.
16,565people
$202kTypical home
$959/moRent
80° / 25°Summer / winter
43"Snow
220Sunny days
124Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 16,565
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 2,231 people per sq mi
- 52 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 29 mi to Fond du Lac, WI
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $202k (≈$1,273/mo)
- Median rent $959/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 1.8% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 25°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 220 sunny days a year (68 totally clear)
- 145 cloudy days a year
- 47 of 90 winter days are gray
- 124 days a year with rain or snow
- 43" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 43 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (154 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (645 per 100k)
People
- Median age 40
- 28% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 34 mi to MSN airport
- 59 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 32 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 64% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1963
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 919 ft
- 638 mi to the ocean
- 30 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 29 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 76 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 40 bars within 25 mi
- 11 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 27 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 39% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Dodge County: R+33 in 2024
- Wisconsin: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk