Bean Station vs Rutledge

A side-by-side comparison of Bean Station and Rutledge: population, income, housing, and more.

Bean Station and Rutledge are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bean Station has the higher population (2,990 vs 1,521 in Rutledge). Bean Station has the higher median household income ($50,114 vs $41,000 in Rutledge). Bean Station has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $152,300 in Rutledge).

Population, income & housing

	Bean Station	Rutledge
Population	2,990	1,521
Median age	41.8 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,114	$41,000
Median home value	$156,400	$152,300
Median gross rent	$720	$568
Housing units	1,509	677
Homeownership rate	85.7%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bean Station	Rutledge
Population	3,086 → 2,990 (-3.1%)	1,587 → 1,521 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$43,011 → $50,114 (+16.5%)	$36,202 → $41,000 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $156,400 (+26.6%)	$92,500 → $152,300 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $720 (+14.3%)	$482 → $568 (+17.8%)

Bean Station

Population

3,0862,990

Median household income

$43,011$50,114

Median home value

$123,500$156,400

Median gross rent

$630$720

Rutledge

Population

1,5871,521

Median household income

$36,202$41,000

Median home value

$92,500$152,300

Median gross rent

$482$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bean Station	Rutledge
Under 5	4.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	3.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	6.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	15.7%
75 and over	4.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bean Station	Rutledge
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bean Station	Rutledge
No high school diploma	14.0%	19.7%
High school graduate	45.0%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bean Station	Rutledge
Drove alone	90.1%	89.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bean Station	Rutledge
1-unit, detached	75.9%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Bean Station	Rutledge
Poverty rate	15.6%	22.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1986	1977