Bean Station is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 3,071 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bean Station is the 177th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bean Station is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.03% of the Bean Station workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Bean Station is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bean Station who work in management occupations (12.76%), office and administrative support (6.48%), and food service (6.13%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bean Station has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bean Station has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bean Station than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bean Station may be for you. As is often the case in a small city, Bean Station doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of adults in Bean Station with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.78% of adults in Bean Station have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Bean Station in 2022 was $30,921, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,684 for a family of four. However, Bean Station contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Bean Station home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bean Station residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Bean Station include English, Irish, German, Dutch, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Bean Station is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
