Jobs, income and commuting in Beaver Dam, AZ
For jobs and income Beaver Dam is better than 37% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D). Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole. About one in ten stay in Beaver Dam for work; outside it, Mesquite is the main destination (25%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Beaver Dam: the gist
Many Beaver Dam workers cross into Nevada
73% of Beaver Dam workers work outside Arizona, most of them in Nevada, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Beaver Dam and Mesquite trade workers both ways
Mesquite is the top workplace for Beaver Dam residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Beaver Dam come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 347 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Beaver Dam’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Beaver Dam’s grade up (6.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.8%) is left out: Beaver Dam’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Beaver Dam could be anywhere from D to B+.
The towns that employ Beaver Dam’s residents
Where Beaver Dam clocks in
25% of workers
16% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Beaver Dam’s workers travel
About 39% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The workday shuffle in and out of Beaver Dam
On a workday 309 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Beaver Dam
213 jobs are based in Beaver Dam.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver Dam, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 213. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beaver Dam’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Beaver Dam
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaver Dam workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 648 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Few in Beaver Dam walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 675 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Beaver Dam households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beaver Dam’s commuters take a bus or train.
Beaver Dam places 3,092nd of 6,161 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 933 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,056 | Mountainaire AZ | 1,103 | $112K | 5.2% | 5.7% | <1% | B+ |
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| 1,163 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 31% | B+ |
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| 3,090 | Vernon NY | 1,151 | $64K | 12.4% | 2.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,091 | Rome ME | 1,184 | $78K | 10.3% | 4.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,092 | Beaver Dam AZ | 1,624 | $73K | 6.2% | 6.8% | 11% | C+ |
| 3,093 | North Fork AZ | 1,463 | $123K | 13.5% | 5.8% | 0% | C+ |
| 3,094 | Belle Rose LA | 1,400 | $61K | 11.2% | 9.6% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Beaver Dam, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Beaver Dam and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaver Dam workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam | – | C+ | D | 20 min | $72,650 |
| Littlefield | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Littlefield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beaver Dam’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Beaver Dam: questions
What is the median household income in Beaver Dam?
$72,650 (±$48,705) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaver Dam?
6.2%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver Dam?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver Dam work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mesquite (25%, 12 mi), St. George (16%, 23 mi), Las Vegas (5%, 87 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beaver Dam walkable?
Beaver Dam is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beaver Dam without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beaver Dam, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaver Dam
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.