Bon Aqua JunctionTN
A town of 1,586.
Is Bon Aqua Junction a good place to live?
The best of Bon Aqua Junction’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for health. Among 178 Tennessee towns, just 6 have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Bon Aqua Junction. Bon Aqua Junction has 1 place on the National Register. The biggest park or preserve is Buford McCord Memorial Park, at 21 acres. Bon Aqua Junction has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Bon Aqua Junction for work
Where Bon Aqua Junction’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bon Aqua Junction grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Bon Aqua Junction is from typical.
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Moving to Bon Aqua Junction: who provides what
Bon Aqua Junction is unincorporated, so Hickman County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bon Aqua Junction.
Bon Aqua Junction is less healthy than nine in ten U.S. towns
Just over a fifth of Bon Aqua Junction adults smoke cigarettes, above both Tennessee’s towns (19%) and U.S. towns (14%). Among adults locally, 32% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Bon Aqua Junction | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 29% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bon Aqua Junction | TN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.8% | 14.6% |
| More smokers | 22.4% | 17.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Bon Aqua Junction fall behind 82% of Tennessee districts
Public schools: the Hickman County school district. The largest public high school is East Hickman High School, with 412 students. Two of the 4 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hickman Intermediate SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 375 | B− |
| East Hickman High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 412 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
Bon Aqua Junction has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The typical journey to work for Bon Aqua Junction comes to 34 minutes. For most workers, Bon Aqua Junction is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. In Bon Aqua Junction, the typical household income is $44,000, where Tennessee’s towns sit at $61,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Employers in Bon Aqua Junction added 41 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 244.
| Bon Aqua Junction | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $44,000 | $61,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 14% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect mild winters and pleasant summers in Bon Aqua Junction
Expect July afternoons of 88° and January nights of 28°, with about 3 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: low risk in Bon Aqua Junction, mostly tornadoes
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Bon Aqua Junction than in 67% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Bon Aqua Junction break down as 34% from tornadoes and 27% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Buford McCord Memorial Park | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Bon Aqua Junction
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Bon Aqua Junction; the nearest are
About 10 of every 100 Bon Aqua Junction residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
Bon Aqua Junction’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Bon Aqua Junction.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Aqua Junction | — | — | A− | — | C− | D |
| Lyles | — | — | A+ | — | C− | D |
Bon Aqua Junction and Lyles have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bon Aqua Junction and Lyles report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bon Aqua Junction with a neighbor →
Questions about Bon Aqua Junction
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bon Aqua Junction, TN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.