Tennessee · Census place 4703760

Bean Station, Tennessee

Bean Station is a city in 2 counties of Tennessee with an estimated 3,111 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,111
#135 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+5.1%
+152 people
Land area
5.9 sq mi
Density
526 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Bean Station. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Nashville.

Bean Station population, 2020 to 2024

Bean Station added 152 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.1%. In the latest year it moved by +41.

2,95920202,97220213,02220223,07020233,1112024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,954. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bean Station covers 5.92 square miles of land, for 526 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Bean Station is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Bean Station spans

Bean Station crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,111 residents as follows; Grainger County holds 99.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Grainger County3,101
  2. 02Hawkins County10
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Bean Station

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bean Station by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37708, 37811. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bean Station is

The Census internal point of Bean Station is at 36.338400, -83.285200. Nashville, the capital, is 195.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morristown, TN (32,994 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 44.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.338400, -83.285200
DMS
36°20'18.24"N 83°17'6.72"W
UTM
17N 294907.5E 4023907.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
868R8PQ7+9W

Daylight in Bean Station

At 36.34° N, Bean Station gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bean Station

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Morristown, 9.3 miles away, with 32,994 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bean Station, TN?

3,111 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 152 (5.1%) from 2,959 in July 2020.

What county is Bean Station in?

It spans 2 counties: Grainger County (3,101 residents), Hawkins County (10 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Bean Station?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37708, 37811.

How far is Bean Station from Nashville?

195.3 miles (314.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Bean Station.

What is the nearest larger city to Bean Station?

Morristown, TN, with 32,994 residents, 9.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.