Beaver DamAZ
Home to 1,624 people, this town lies in Arizona.
Is Beaver Dam a good place to live?
Beaver Dam’s weakest subject grade is a D− for hazard risk. Beaver Dam’s midsummer 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.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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
In Beaver Dam, the concentration of trails is 1.8 miles per square mile. 15 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Beaver Dam’s schools rank behind 71% of Arizona districts
The Littlefield Unified District runs its public schools. Its two schools are below. Public school enrollment in Beaver Dam: 324 students across 2 schools.
| 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
Of the losses FEMA expects in Beaver Dam, 49% come from wildfires and 48% from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities.
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 Beaver Dam adults have high blood pressure. In Beaver Dam, 19% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 17% have diabetes.
| 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
For Beaver Dam, the mean commuting time is 20 minutes. Most people who work leave Beaver Dam to do it: just 11% work in town. The town had 213 jobs in 2023, up 128 from 2013. Among residents locally, 6.2% 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
For households in Beaver Dam, the share who live in a home they own is 66%. Values fell 1.2% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
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.