Micro area · Wisconsin

Beaver Dam, WI micropolitan area

Beaver Dam, WI is a micropolitan area of 1 county in Wisconsin, home to 89,097 residents. Beaver Dam, WI micropolitan area has a quality-of-life score of 77 out of 100 (high), ranking #211 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Wisconsin it ranks #18 of 26. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), rent as share of income (low) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on public transit commuters (low), adult obesity (high) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

77High
Quality-of-life score
#211 of 925 metro and micro areas
Wisconsin
#18 of 26 in WI
Population
89,097 (2025)
Land area
876 mi²
Density
101.7 /mi²
CBSA code
13180

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Beaver Dam, WI micropolitan area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety84#152/924
  • Economy93#63/925
  • Housing90#92/925
  • Health66#315/925
  • Healthcare64#335/923
  • Environment48#479/917
  • Education42#535/925
  • Infrastructure50#462/925
  • Community87#118/925
  • Leisure & amenities40#560/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Beaver Dam, WI micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

What changed in five years

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Metro and micro areas like Beaver Dam, WI micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Beaver Dam, WI micropolitan area 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

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

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Beaver Dam, WI

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Dodge CountyCentral county8589,097

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. Beaver DamPrincipal city16,565

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Beaver Dam16,565
  2. Waupun11,174
  3. Mayville5,228
  4. Horicon3,814
  5. Lomira2,675
  6. Juneau2,625
  7. Fox Lake1,780
  8. Randolph1,642
  9. Theresa1,378
  10. Kekoskee1,067
  11. Hustisford1,008
  12. Ashippun919
  13. Iron Ridge909
  14. Reeseville895
  15. Brownsville595
  16. Neosho536
  17. Clyman354
  18. Lowell312
  19. Burnett270
  20. Rubicon127
  21. Lebanon85

Other metro and micro areas in Wisconsin

Areas based in Wisconsin, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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