Beaver Dam vs Mayville

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

Beaver Dam and Mayville 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 5,169 in Mayville). Beaver Dam has the higher median household income ($68,757 vs $66,453 in Mayville). Beaver Dam has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $184,800 in Mayville).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam	Mayville
Population	16,629	5,169
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,757	$66,453
Median home value	$189,800	$184,800
Median gross rent	$942	$853
Housing units	8,132	2,322
Homeownership rate	54.3%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam	Mayville
Population	16,345 → 16,629 (+1.7%)	4,895 → 5,169 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$50,742 → $68,757 (+35.5%)	$46,889 → $66,453 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $189,800 (+42.5%)	$130,900 → $184,800 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $942 (+14.9%)	$689 → $853 (+23.8%)

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

Mayville

Population

4,8955,169

Median household income

$46,889$66,453

Median home value

$130,900$184,800

Median gross rent

$689$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam	Mayville
Under 5	4.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.5%
75 and over	7.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam	Mayville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	97.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam	Mayville
No high school diploma	6.8%	9.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam	Mayville
Drove alone	81.0%	91.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam	Mayville
1-unit, detached	57.4%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	13.4%
20 or more units	6.6%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam	Mayville
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.10	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1965	1967