Beaver Dam vs Wooster

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

Beaver Dam and Wooster 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 168 in Wooster). Wooster has the higher median household income ($145,282 vs $52,917 in Beaver Dam). Wooster has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $107,900 in Beaver Dam).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Wooster
Population	189	168
Median age	55.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,917	$145,282
Median home value	$107,900	$215,600
Housing units	203	55
Homeownership rate	92.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	21.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Wooster
Population	109 → 189 (+73.4%)	175 → 168 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$41,406 → $52,917 (+27.8%)	$137,802 → $145,282 (+5.4%)
Median home value	—	$215,500 → $215,600 (+0.0%)

Beaver Dam

Population

109189

Median household income

$41,406$52,917

Wooster

Population

175168

Median household income

$137,802$145,282

Median home value

$215,500$215,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Wooster
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	37.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.2%	37.5%
45 to 54	3.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	27.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	5.4%
75 and over	27.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Wooster
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	96.4%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Wooster
No high school diploma	27.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.9%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Wooster
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	Wooster
1-unit, detached	96.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Wooster
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.77	3.05
Median year structure built	1959	2001