Lindale vs Shannon

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

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

Lindale has the higher population (4,611 vs 1,618 in Shannon). Shannon has the higher median household income ($71,605 vs $40,283 in Lindale). Shannon has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $132,600 in Lindale).

Population, income & housing

	Lindale	Shannon
Population	4,611	1,618
Median age	34.5 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,283	$71,605
Median home value	$132,600	$193,800
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,046
Housing units	1,985	831
Homeownership rate	53.2%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lindale	Shannon
Population	4,789 → 4,611 (-3.7%)	1,870 → 1,618 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$40,476 → $40,283 (-0.5%)	$36,250 → $71,605 (+97.5%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $132,600 (+68.9%)	$100,000 → $193,800 (+93.8%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,065 (+31.5%)	$686 → $1,046 (+52.5%)

Lindale

Population

4,7894,611

Median household income

$40,476$40,283

Median home value

$78,500$132,600

Median gross rent

$810$1,065

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)

	Lindale	Shannon
Under 5	2.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	11.0%
18 to 24	14.0%	15.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	18.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.0%
75 and over	5.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lindale	Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	89.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lindale	Shannon
No high school diploma	21.1%	21.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lindale	Shannon
Drove alone	75.9%	72.1%
Carpooled	14.2%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lindale	Shannon
1-unit, detached	67.1%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Lindale	Shannon
Poverty rate	30.3%	9.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1963	1957