Beaver LakeNE
A town of 2,114.
Is Beaver Lake a good place to live?
The best of Beaver Lake’s subject grades is an A for incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. Beaver Lake’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, where Nebraska’s towns sit at 17 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 2 of Nebraska’s 132 towns score lower on walkability. No town in Nebraska scores lower than Beaver Lake on the outdoors. Beaver Lake has 2 places on the National Register. Beaver Lake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Beaver Lake for work
Where Beaver Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Beaver Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Nebraska), ordered by how far Beaver Lake is from typical.
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Moving to Beaver Lake: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Beaver Lake, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Beaver Lake.
Beaver Lake stands out in Nebraska and nationally, with fewer of its residents who live below the poverty line
1.7% of Beaver Lake residents live below the poverty line, below both Nebraska’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The median household income in Beaver Lake is $122,000. Since 2013, Beaver Lake has added 35 jobs, to 147 in 2023.
| Beaver Lake | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 34% | 8% |
| Median household income | $122,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.7% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Beaver Lake, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Beaver Lake, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Beaver Lake has cold winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 15° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Nebraska overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). 43% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Beaver Lake. Among 58 Nebraska towns, just 5 have a higher median age than Beaver Lake.
| Beaver Lake | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 28% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.4 years | 37.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 26% | 24% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.4 points). Across Nebraska, 49.7% of residents are women.
| Beaver Lake | NE | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 13.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.7% | 11.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.5% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.8% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.4% | 13.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.3% | 11.1% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.7% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.7% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.9% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.7% | 7.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.5% | 25% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.7% | 21.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.2% | 11% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.9% | 22.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 23% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
Everything we know about Beaver Lake
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Beaver Lake; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Beaver Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Nebraska.
Questions about Beaver Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Beaver Lake, NE expensive?
The typical home is worth about $393,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.