Beaver Dam vs Sidney

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

Beaver Dam and Sidney 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 104 in Sidney). Beaver Dam has the higher median household income ($52,917 vs $46,827 in Sidney). Beaver Dam has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $97,500 in Sidney).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Sidney
Population	189	104
Median age	55.9 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,917	$46,827
Median home value	$107,900	$97,500
Housing units	203	69
Homeownership rate	92.5%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	21.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Sidney
Population	109 → 189 (+73.4%)	51 → 104 (+103.9%)
Median household income	$41,406 → $52,917 (+27.8%)	$30,625 → $46,827 (+52.9%)
Median home value	—	$65,800 → $97,500 (+48.2%)

Beaver Dam

Population

109189

Median household income

$41,406$52,917

Sidney

Population

51104

Median household income

$30,625$46,827

Median home value

$65,800$97,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Sidney
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	4.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	3.7%	7.7%
55 to 64	27.0%	17.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	17.3%
75 and over	27.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	91.3%
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%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Sidney
No high school diploma	27.7%	31.3%
High school graduate	43.9%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Sidney
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	Sidney
1-unit, detached	96.1%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Sidney
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.8%
Average household size	1.77	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1959	1938