Beaver Dam vs McHenry

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

Beaver Dam and McHenry 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 355 in McHenry). Beaver Dam has the higher median household income ($52,546 vs $39,583 in McHenry). Beaver Dam has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $74,600 in McHenry).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	McHenry
Population	3,526	355
Median age	35.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,546	$39,583
Median home value	$155,800	$74,600
Median gross rent	$717	$673
Housing units	1,430	161
Homeownership rate	62.7%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	McHenry
Population	3,562 → 3,526 (-1.0%)	309 → 355 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$40,917 → $52,546 (+28.4%)	$38,250 → $39,583 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $155,800 (+57.2%)	$50,600 → $74,600 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $717 (+21.5%)	$694 → $673 (-3.0%)

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

McHenry

Population

309355

Median household income

$38,250$39,583

Median home value

$50,600$74,600

Median gross rent

$694$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	McHenry
Under 5	6.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	10.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	17.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	6.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	19.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.1%
75 and over	7.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	McHenry
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	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	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	McHenry
No high school diploma	16.0%	17.2%
High school graduate	27.4%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	McHenry
Drove alone	82.8%	86.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	McHenry
1-unit, detached	69.5%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	40.4%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	McHenry
Poverty rate	9.5%	25.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1974	1989