Beaver Dam vs Pleasant Ridge

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

Beaver Dam and Pleasant Ridge 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 729 in Pleasant Ridge). Beaver Dam has the higher median household income ($52,546 vs $41,615 in Pleasant Ridge). Beaver Dam has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $104,500 in Pleasant Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Pleasant Ridge
Population	3,526	729
Median age	35.2 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,546	$41,615
Median home value	$155,800	$104,500
Median gross rent	$717	$996
Housing units	1,430	372
Homeownership rate	62.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Pleasant Ridge
Population	3,562 → 3,526 (-1.0%)	634 → 729 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$40,917 → $52,546 (+28.4%)	$38,750 → $41,615 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $155,800 (+57.2%)	$90,100 → $104,500 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $717 (+21.5%)	$687 → $996 (+45.0%)

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

Pleasant Ridge

Population

634729

Median household income

$38,750$41,615

Median home value

$90,100$104,500

Median gross rent

$687$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Pleasant Ridge
Under 5	6.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	6.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	27.0%
75 and over	7.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Pleasant Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Pleasant Ridge
No high school diploma	16.0%	16.9%
High school graduate	27.4%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Pleasant Ridge
Drove alone	82.8%	69.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	Pleasant Ridge
1-unit, detached	69.5%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Pleasant Ridge
Poverty rate	9.5%	21.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	40
Median year structure built	1974	1975