Shannon City vs Thayer

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

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

Shannon City has the higher population (113 vs 50 in Thayer). Shannon City has the higher median household income ($90,139 vs $52,500 in Thayer). Shannon City has the higher median home value ($45,000 vs $26,000 in Thayer).

Population, income & housing

	Shannon City	Thayer
Population	113	50
Median age	30.4 yrs	13.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,139	$52,500
Median home value	$45,000	$26,000
Housing units	34	19
Homeownership rate	80.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shannon City	Thayer
Population	80 → 113 (+41.3%)	33 → 50 (+51.5%)
Median household income	$50,833 → $90,139 (+77.3%)	$65,938 → $52,500 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$47,500 → $45,000 (-5.3%)	$51,300 → $26,000 (-49.3%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $850 (+12.4%)	—

Shannon City

Population

80113

Median household income

$50,833$90,139

Median home value

$47,500$45,000

Median gross rent

$756$850

Thayer

Population

3350

Median household income

$65,938$52,500

Median home value

$51,300$26,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shannon City	Thayer
Under 5	0.0%	30.0%
5 to 17	46.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	2.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	18.0%
55 to 64	4.4%	4.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.0%
75 and over	2.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shannon City	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	48.0%
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	0.0%	52.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shannon City	Thayer
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	49.2%	66.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shannon City	Thayer
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shannon City	Thayer
1-unit, detached	79.4%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Shannon City	Thayer
Poverty rate	0.9%	0.0%
Average household size	3.65	4.17
Mean commute (minutes)	18	76
Median year structure built	1938	1938