Beaver Dam vs Burket

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver Dam and Burket: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaver Dam and Burket are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beaver Dam has the higher population (189 vs 184 in Burket). Beaver Dam has the higher median household income ($52,917 vs $48,833 in Burket). Burket has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $107,900 in Beaver Dam).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Burket
Population	189	184
Median age	55.9 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,917	$48,833
Median home value	$107,900	$112,500
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	203	115
Homeownership rate	92.5%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	21.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Burket
Population	109 → 189 (+73.4%)	113 → 184 (+62.8%)
Median household income	$41,406 → $52,917 (+27.8%)	$37,500 → $48,833 (+30.2%)
Median home value	—	$69,000 → $112,500 (+63.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$794 → $900 (+13.4%)

Beaver Dam

Population

109189

Median household income

$41,406$52,917

Burket

Population

113184

Median household income

$37,500$48,833

Median home value

$69,000$112,500

Median gross rent

$794$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Burket
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.6%	7.6%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	4.2%	4.9%
45 to 54	3.7%	25.5%
55 to 64	27.0%	25.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.2%
75 and over	27.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Burket
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Burket
No high school diploma	27.7%	32.4%
High school graduate	43.9%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Burket
Drove alone	100.0%	63.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	30.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	Burket
1-unit, detached	96.1%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Burket
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.4%
Average household size	1.77	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1959	1938