Beaver Dam vs Centertown

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

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

Beaver Dam has the higher population (3,526 vs 347 in Centertown). Beaver Dam has the higher median household income ($52,546 vs $46,875 in Centertown). Beaver Dam has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $91,800 in Centertown).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Centertown
Population	3,526	347
Median age	35.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,546	$46,875
Median home value	$155,800	$91,800
Median gross rent	$717	$919
Housing units	1,430	136
Homeownership rate	62.7%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Centertown
Population	3,562 → 3,526 (-1.0%)	507 → 347 (-31.6%)
Median household income	$40,917 → $52,546 (+28.4%)	$42,917 → $46,875 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $155,800 (+57.2%)	$75,300 → $91,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $717 (+21.5%)	$675 → $919 (+36.1%)

Beaver Dam

Population

3,5623,526

Median household income

$40,917$52,546

Median home value

$99,100$155,800

Median gross rent

$590$717

Centertown

Population

507347

Median household income

$42,917$46,875

Median home value

$75,300$91,800

Median gross rent

$675$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Centertown
Under 5	6.3%	9.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	6.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.8%
75 and over	7.4%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Centertown
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Centertown
No high school diploma	16.0%	16.7%
High school graduate	27.4%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Centertown
Drove alone	82.8%	88.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	Centertown
1-unit, detached	69.5%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	22.8%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Centertown
Poverty rate	9.5%	31.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1974	1973