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Bean Station is a small town of 3,016 people in Grainger County, Tennessee. It's about 9 miles from Morristown, TN and 158 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $165k and rent runs about $672 a month.
3,016people
$165kTypical home
$672/moRent
87° / 47°Summer / winter
9"Snow
225Sunny days
132Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,016
- Part of a metro area
- About 510 people per sq mi
- 158 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 9 mi to Morristown, TN
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $165k (≈$1,038/mo)
- Median rent $672/mo
- Median household income $45k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 64°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 132 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (87 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (330 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 48
- 26% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 50 mi to TRI airport
- 54 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 113 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,158 ft
- 297 mi to the ocean
- 120 mi to a big lake
- 23 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 39 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 100 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 18 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 27% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 26 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grainger County: R+74 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.