Beaver Dam vs Oswego

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

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

Oswego has the higher population (284 vs 189 in Beaver Dam). Oswego has the higher median home value ($244,000 vs $107,900 in Beaver Dam). Since 2019, Beaver Dam's population has grown faster (+73.4% vs -12.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Oswego
Population	189	284
Median age	55.9 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,917	—
Median home value	$107,900	$244,000
Housing units	203	157
Homeownership rate	92.5%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	21.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Oswego
Population	109 → 189 (+73.4%)	325 → 284 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$41,406 → $52,917 (+27.8%)	—
Median home value	—	$242,000 → $244,000 (+0.8%)

Beaver Dam

Population

109189

Median household income

$41,406$52,917

Oswego

Population

325284

Median home value

$242,000$244,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Oswego
Under 5	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	17.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	28.5%
35 to 44	4.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	27.0%	6.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	0.0%
75 and over	27.0%	27.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Oswego
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	96.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Oswego
No high school diploma	27.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.9%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Oswego
Drove alone	100.0%	71.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	28.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	Oswego
1-unit, detached	96.1%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Oswego
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.77	2.18
Median year structure built	1959	1994