Beaver Dam vs Claypool

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

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

Claypool has the higher population (326 vs 189 in Beaver Dam). Beaver Dam has the higher median household income ($52,917 vs $49,821 in Claypool). Beaver Dam has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $97,500 in Claypool).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Claypool
Population	189	326
Median age	55.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,917	$49,821
Median home value	$107,900	$97,500
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	203	189
Homeownership rate	92.5%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	21.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Claypool
Population	109 → 189 (+73.4%)	534 → 326 (-39.0%)
Median household income	$41,406 → $52,917 (+27.8%)	$38,750 → $49,821 (+28.6%)
Median home value	—	$74,300 → $97,500 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$589 → $950 (+61.3%)

Beaver Dam

Population

109189

Median household income

$41,406$52,917

Claypool

Population

534326

Median household income

$38,750$49,821

Median home value

$74,300$97,500

Median gross rent

$589$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Claypool
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	11.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	4.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	3.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	27.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.3%
75 and over	27.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Claypool
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Claypool
No high school diploma	27.7%	15.7%
High school graduate	43.9%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Claypool
Drove alone	100.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	Claypool
1-unit, detached	96.1%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Claypool
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.0%
Average household size	1.77	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1959	1938