Beaver Dam vs Lomira

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

Beaver Dam and Lomira 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 2,681 in Lomira). Beaver Dam has the higher median household income ($68,757 vs $66,471 in Lomira). Lomira has the higher median home value ($207,200 vs $189,800 in Beaver Dam).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Lomira
Population	16,629	2,681
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,757	$66,471
Median home value	$189,800	$207,200
Median gross rent	$942	$1,087
Housing units	8,132	1,276
Homeownership rate	54.3%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Lomira
Population	16,345 → 16,629 (+1.7%)	2,553 → 2,681 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$50,742 → $68,757 (+35.5%)	$53,293 → $66,471 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $189,800 (+42.5%)	$165,400 → $207,200 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $942 (+14.9%)	$856 → $1,087 (+27.0%)

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

Lomira

Population

2,5532,681

Median household income

$53,293$66,471

Median home value

$165,400$207,200

Median gross rent

$856$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Lomira
Under 5	4.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.7%
75 and over	7.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Lomira
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	85.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Lomira
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	36.6%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Lomira
Drove alone	81.0%	72.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	Lomira
1-unit, detached	57.4%	40.7%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	28.3%
20 or more units	6.6%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Lomira
Poverty rate	5.6%	9.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1965	1991