Lorimor vs Shannon City

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

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

Lorimor has the higher population (375 vs 113 in Shannon City). Shannon City has the higher median household income ($90,139 vs $43,281 in Lorimor). Lorimor has the higher median home value ($67,900 vs $45,000 in Shannon City).

Population, income & housing

	Lorimor	Shannon City
Population	375	113
Median age	36.0 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,281	$90,139
Median home value	$67,900	$45,000
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	207	34
Homeownership rate	65.1%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lorimor	Shannon City
Population	405 → 375 (-7.4%)	80 → 113 (+41.3%)
Median household income	$39,167 → $43,281 (+10.5%)	$50,833 → $90,139 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$42,700 → $67,900 (+59.0%)	$47,500 → $45,000 (-5.3%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $850 (+8.1%)	$756 → $850 (+12.4%)

Lorimor

Population

405375

Median household income

$39,167$43,281

Median home value

$42,700$67,900

Median gross rent

$786$850

Shannon City

Population

80113

Median household income

$50,833$90,139

Median home value

$47,500$45,000

Median gross rent

$756$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lorimor	Shannon City
Under 5	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.5%	46.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	6.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	4.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.2%
75 and over	6.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lorimor	Shannon City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	69.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	30.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lorimor	Shannon City
No high school diploma	13.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lorimor	Shannon City
Drove alone	66.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	16.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	0.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lorimor	Shannon City
1-unit, detached	76.8%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Lorimor	Shannon City
Poverty rate	25.3%	0.9%
Average household size	2.52	3.65
Mean commute (minutes)	38	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938