Beaver Dam vs Horicon

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

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

Beaver Dam has the higher population (16,629 vs 3,797 in Horicon). Beaver Dam has the higher median household income ($68,757 vs $49,556 in Horicon). Beaver Dam has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $162,400 in Horicon).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Horicon
Population	16,629	3,797
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,757	$49,556
Median home value	$189,800	$162,400
Median gross rent	$942	$835
Housing units	8,132	1,860
Homeownership rate	54.3%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Horicon
Population	16,345 → 16,629 (+1.7%)	3,620 → 3,797 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$50,742 → $68,757 (+35.5%)	$62,870 → $49,556 (-21.2%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $189,800 (+42.5%)	$136,600 → $162,400 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $942 (+14.9%)	$861 → $835 (-3.0%)

Beaver Dam

Population

16,34516,629

Median household income

$50,742$68,757

Median home value

$133,200$189,800

Median gross rent

$820$942

Horicon

Population

3,6203,797

Median household income

$62,870$49,556

Median home value

$136,600$162,400

Median gross rent

$861$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Horicon
Under 5	4.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.6%
75 and over	7.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Horicon
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Horicon
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	36.6%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Horicon
Drove alone	81.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	Horicon
1-unit, detached	57.4%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	18.3%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Horicon
Poverty rate	5.6%	12.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1965	1962