Work & commute · Bean Station

Work & commute in Bean Station, TN

Most working residents leave Bean Station for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Morristown (28%), Knoxville (9%) and Rutledge (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 1,250 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,174 Bean Station residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 746 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bean Station.

1,174live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

746work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bean Station goes to work

Morristown9.3 mi away

28%347

Knoxville44.9 mi away

9%108

Bean Station (in town)right here

6%76

Rutledge14.5 mi away

4%54

Jefferson City18.5 mi away

2%30

Greeneville28.5 mi away

2%21

Sevierville35.1 mi away

1%17

White Pine16.4 mi away

1%16

Rogersville16.4 mi away

1%14

Dandridge22.8 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%553

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bean Station commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

34%

29%

20%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bean Station is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bean Station are

822 jobs are based in Bean Station. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bean Station’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bean Station

822 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bean Station residents hold

1,250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+54%

Jobs based in Bean Station, 2013 → 2023: 535 → 822. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.