Beaver Dam vs Fordsville

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

Beaver Dam and Fordsville 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 488 in Fordsville). Beaver Dam has the higher median household income ($52,546 vs $33,750 in Fordsville). Beaver Dam has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $50,000 in Fordsville).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Fordsville
Population	3,526	488
Median age	35.2 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,546	$33,750
Median home value	$155,800	$50,000
Median gross rent	$717	$438
Housing units	1,430	196
Homeownership rate	62.7%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Fordsville
Population	3,562 → 3,526 (-1.0%)	552 → 488 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$40,917 → $52,546 (+28.4%)	$33,625 → $33,750 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $155,800 (+57.2%)	$57,900 → $50,000 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $717 (+21.5%)	$528 → $438 (-17.0%)

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

Fordsville

Population

552488

Median household income

$33,625$33,750

Median home value

$57,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$528$438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Fordsville
Under 5	6.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	6.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	32.2%
25 to 34	15.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	6.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	15.0%
75 and over	7.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Fordsville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	67.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	30.9%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Fordsville
No high school diploma	16.0%	20.2%
High school graduate	27.4%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Fordsville
Drove alone	82.8%	89.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	Fordsville
1-unit, detached	69.5%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Fordsville
Poverty rate	9.5%	20.3%
Average household size	2.69	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1974	1977