Beaver DamAZ
A town of 1,624.
Is Beaver Dam a good place to live?
Beaver Dam’s weakest subject grade is a D− for hazard risk. Beaver Dam’s July high is 107°F, above both Arizona’s towns (100°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). Only 2 of Arizona’s 207 towns score lower on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. 46% of the land in Beaver Dam is conserved, where Arizona’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Beaver Dam has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Beaver Dam has shrunk 21% from 2010 to 2020
1,962 counted in 2010 and 1,552 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Beaver Dam grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Beaver Dam is from typical.
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Moving to Beaver Dam: who provides what
Beaver Dam is unincorporated, so Mohave County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Beaver Dam.
Nearly a third of Beaver Dam is conserved land
15 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Beaver Dam is 1.8 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Beaver Dam’s schools rank behind 71% of Arizona districts
Its public schools are run by the Littlefield Unified District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 188 | C− |
| Beaver Dam High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 136 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AZ on state tests and graduation
Beaver Dam stands out in Arizona and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most
Beaver Dam’s FEMA risk score is 99 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Beaver Dam is less healthy than 75% of U.S. towns
Beaver Dam beats the Arizona average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 47% of adults have high blood pressure in Beaver Dam.
| Beaver Dam | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 36% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Beaver Dam | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12% | 15.3% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.7% | 73.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 14.4% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Beaver Dam has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Beaver Dam for work: only 11% work in town. Jobs based in Beaver Dam grew to 213 in 2023, 128 more than in 2013. 6.2% of Beaver Dam residents live below the poverty line.
| Beaver Dam | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes in Beaver Dam are worth about $307K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Beaver Dam home is worth about $307,000, down 1.2% in a year, 26% below the Arizona typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Beaver Dam has four seasons and hot summers
Beaver Dam has mild winters and scorching summers, with very little rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Beaver Dam
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Beaver Dam; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Beaver Dam residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Arizona.
89% of working residents leave Beaver Dam for work
Where Beaver Dam’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Beaver Dam’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Beaver Dam.
| Town | AZ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam | — | — | B | — | C | C− |
| Littlefield | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Beaver Dam has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Beaver Dam reports no FBI crime data of its own. Littlefield isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Beaver Dam with a neighbor →
Questions about Beaver Dam
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Beaver Dam, AZ expensive?
That is 5.3 years of the area's median household income ($57,684 across the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.