Cave Spring vs Shannon

A side-by-side comparison of Cave Spring and Shannon: population, income, housing, and more.

Cave Spring and Shannon are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shannon has the higher population (1,618 vs 1,148 in Cave Spring). Shannon has the higher median household income ($71,605 vs $47,560 in Cave Spring). Shannon has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $150,700 in Cave Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Spring	Shannon
Population	1,148	1,618
Median age	42.1 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,560	$71,605
Median home value	$150,700	$193,800
Median gross rent	$846	$1,046
Housing units	539	831
Homeownership rate	59.7%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Spring	Shannon
Population	1,143 → 1,148 (+0.4%)	1,870 → 1,618 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$31,066 → $47,560 (+53.1%)	$36,250 → $71,605 (+97.5%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $150,700 (+28.4%)	$100,000 → $193,800 (+93.8%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $846 (+24.2%)	$686 → $1,046 (+52.5%)

Cave Spring

Population

1,1431,148

Median household income

$31,066$47,560

Median home value

$117,400$150,700

Median gross rent

$681$846

Shannon

Population

1,8701,618

Median household income

$36,250$71,605

Median home value

$100,000$193,800

Median gross rent

$686$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Spring	Shannon
Under 5	3.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	11.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	15.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.0%
75 and over	10.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Spring	Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	89.3%
Black or African American	10.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Spring	Shannon
No high school diploma	12.7%	21.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Spring	Shannon
Drove alone	79.6%	72.1%
Carpooled	15.0%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Spring	Shannon
1-unit, detached	74.8%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Cave Spring	Shannon
Poverty rate	14.8%	9.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1971	1957