Rome vs Shannon

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

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

Rome has the higher population (37,754 vs 1,618 in Shannon). Shannon has the higher median household income ($71,605 vs $51,106 in Rome). Rome has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $193,800 in Shannon).

Population, income & housing

	Rome	Shannon
Population	37,754	1,618
Median age	36.7 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,106	$71,605
Median home value	$214,700	$193,800
Median gross rent	$976	$1,046
Housing units	16,371	831
Homeownership rate	48.1%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rome	Shannon
Population	36,332 → 37,754 (+3.9%)	1,870 → 1,618 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$38,443 → $51,106 (+32.9%)	$36,250 → $71,605 (+97.5%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $214,700 (+42.0%)	$100,000 → $193,800 (+93.8%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $976 (+34.8%)	$686 → $1,046 (+52.5%)

Rome

Population

36,33237,754

Median household income

$38,443$51,106

Median home value

$151,200$214,700

Median gross rent

$724$976

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)

	Rome	Shannon
Under 5	5.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	15.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	18.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.0%
75 and over	6.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rome	Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	48.9%	89.3%
Black or African American	24.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rome	Shannon
No high school diploma	18.5%	21.0%
High school graduate	25.9%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rome	Shannon
Drove alone	72.1%	72.1%
Carpooled	14.3%	18.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	9.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rome	Shannon
1-unit, detached	63.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Rome	Shannon
Poverty rate	20.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1975	1957