Beaver Dam vs Juneau

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

Beaver Dam and Juneau 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 2,600 in Juneau). Juneau has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $68,757 in Beaver Dam). Beaver Dam has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $175,200 in Juneau).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Juneau
Population	16,629	2,600
Median age	40.6 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,757	$81,250
Median home value	$189,800	$175,200
Median gross rent	$942	$895
Housing units	8,132	895
Homeownership rate	54.3%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Juneau
Population	16,345 → 16,629 (+1.7%)	2,687 → 2,600 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$50,742 → $68,757 (+35.5%)	$58,015 → $81,250 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $189,800 (+42.5%)	$127,700 → $175,200 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $942 (+14.9%)	$728 → $895 (+22.9%)

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

Juneau

Population

2,6872,600

Median household income

$58,015$81,250

Median home value

$127,700$175,200

Median gross rent

$728$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Juneau
Under 5	4.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	11.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.8%
75 and over	7.3%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Juneau
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	86.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Juneau
No high school diploma	6.8%	12.3%
High school graduate	36.6%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Juneau
Drove alone	81.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	2.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	Juneau
1-unit, detached	57.4%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Juneau
Poverty rate	5.6%	9.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1965	1960