Census-designated place · Mohave County, Arizona

Beaver Dam, Arizona

Beaver Dam is a census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, part of the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area. It has 1,624 residents. Beaver Dam, Arizona has a quality-of-life score of 19 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,742 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Arizona it ranks #115 of 207 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent as share of income (low), rent-burdened households (low) and median Air Quality Index (low). It ranks worst on injury deaths (high), suicide rate (high) and food environment index (low).

19Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,742 of 15,651 cities and towns
Arizona: #115 of 207 in AZ
Population: 1,624 (2020-2024)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 191.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 0405490

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety18#12,784/15,637
Economy37#9,926/15,631
Housing96#542/14,977
Health11#13,922/15,609
Healthcare9#14,296/15,650
Environment79#3,270/15,453
Education9#14,204/15,649
Infrastructure21#12,432/15,650
Community14#13,387/15,651
Leisure & amenities15#13,233/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Beaver Dam, Arizona ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Mohave County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Rent as share of income · low12.9%
100/100Arizona 30.8%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low0.0%
99/100Arizona 51.4%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Median Air Quality Index · low17
98/100Arizona 642025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMohave County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.7 µg/m³
97/100Arizona 6.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMohave County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,885 /100k
87/100Arizona 2,070 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMohave County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.332
80/100Arizona 0.464United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Injury deaths · high159 /100k
2/100Arizona 106 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMohave County value
Suicide rate · high31.7 /100k
3/100Arizona 20.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMohave County value
Food environment index · low6.0
4/100Arizona 6.8United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMohave County value
Drug overdose deaths · high37.6 /100k
4/100Arizona 35.9 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMohave County value
Firearm deaths · high26.4 /100k
4/100Arizona 18.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMohave County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high51.3%
6/100Arizona 12.9%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,349 (2015-2019) → 1,624 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
25.5% (2015-2019) → 79.4% (2020-2024)
+54 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
48.7% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−49 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$21,388 (2015-2019) → $72,650 (2020-2024)
+240%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
16.8% (2015-2019) → 51.2% (2020-2024)
+34 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateImproving
36.7% (2015-2019) → 6.2% (2020-2024)
−31 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Beaver Dam, Arizona improved on 0 of 3 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 3 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 3 measures

Change of every measure of Beaver Dam, Arizona between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
High school diploma or higher	74.1%2015-2019	78.4%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.3322020-2024	−0.105	Within the margin of error	96%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15075 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Beaver Dam, Arizona five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Beaver Dam, Arizona in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Beaver Dam, Arizona five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Beaver Dam, Arizona itself moved +28.3 points in standing on average over the same 2 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,624 residents (±748)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−14.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,624 residents (±748)

Beaver Dam, Arizona
Arizona share

White49%†800
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino51%†824
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,376 residents (±582)

Beaver Dam, Arizona
Arizona share

No high school diploma22%†297
High school or GED43%†598
Some college18%†249
Associate degree0.0%0
Bachelor's degree11%†154
Graduate degree5.7%†78

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Associate degree (−15.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

690 households (±249)

Beaver Dam, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $25k9.7%†67
$25k–50k29%†201
$50k–75k18%†124
$75k–100k12%†85
$100k–150k20%†140
$150k–200k3.8%†26
$200k or more6.8%†47

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−48.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

690 households (±249)

Beaver Dam, Arizona
Arizona share

Own66%†453
Rent34%†237

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

237 households (±206)

Beaver Dam, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $75050%†118
$750–1,00036%†85
$1,000–1,50014%†34

Home values

453 homes (±190)

Beaver Dam, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $150k26%†118
$150k–250k17%†78
$250k–400k51%†231

Age of homes

1,144 homes (±367)

Beaver Dam, Arizona
Arizona share

2010 or later28%†320
2000–200938%†435
1980–199931%†356

Size of homes

1,144 homes (±367)

Beaver Dam, Arizona
Arizona share

Studio2.3%†26
1 bedroom28%†318
2 bedrooms36%†416

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

675 workers (±484)

Beaver Dam, Arizona
Arizona share

Drive alone91%†613
Carpool5.2%†35
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.0%†27
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

648 workers (±479)

Beaver Dam, Arizona
Arizona share

Under 15 min44%†282
15–29 min29%†191
30–44 min6.6%†43

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Mohave County, the county holding most of Beaver Dam's residents.

Mohave County has 4,305 employer establishments, 193 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Arizona's), with 48,246 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,037. The Census Bureau also counts 14,530 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,305; 14,530 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 193; US 248 · Arizona 219
Paid employees: 48,246
Average annual pay: $45,037; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Mohave County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	476	21.3	1.38×More than typical	3,265	$51,153	1,195
Ambulatory health care services	407	18.2	0.87×About typical	4,123	$58,760	534
Restaurants and other eating places	346	15.5	0.84×About typical	6,301	$24,113	70
Lessors of real estate	253	11.3	0.92×About typical	436	$46,252	1,879
Construction of buildings	172	7.7	1.02×About typical	818	$53,241	654
Building equipment contractors	171	7.6	1.27×More than typical	1,144	$58,317	229
Full-service restaurants	155	6.9	0.90×About typical	3,039	$26,655	27
Limited-service restaurants	147	6.6	0.82×About typical	2,737	$21,807	29
Offices of physicians	136	6.1	0.94×About typical	1,010	$78,133	84
Real estate agents and brokers	136	6.1	1.25×About typical	147	$61,347	795
Services to buildings and dwellings	136	6.1	0.90×About typical	737	$35,445	1,089
Automotive repair and maintenance	135	6	1.20×About typical	773	$40,508	387

Rank places for an industry Open Mohave County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 223,586 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Beaver Dam is mostly in Mohave County.

See federal money in Mohave County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Beaver Dam, Arizona is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).