Guntown vs Shannon

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

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

Guntown has the higher population (2,174 vs 1,719 in Shannon). Guntown has the higher median household income ($72,292 vs $42,208 in Shannon). Guntown has the higher median home value ($167,600 vs $120,200 in Shannon).

Population, income & housing

	Guntown	Shannon
Population	2,174	1,719
Median age	34.1 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,292	$42,208
Median home value	$167,600	$120,200
Median gross rent	$1,103	$723
Housing units	741	926
Homeownership rate	75.3%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guntown	Shannon
Population	2,725 → 2,174 (-20.2%)	1,850 → 1,719 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$63,056 → $72,292 (+14.6%)	$31,019 → $42,208 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $167,600 (+24.6%)	$85,100 → $120,200 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,103 (+20.9%)	$502 → $723 (+44.0%)

Guntown

Population

2,7252,174

Median household income

$63,056$72,292

Median home value

$134,500$167,600

Median gross rent

$912$1,103

Shannon

Population

1,8501,719

Median household income

$31,019$42,208

Median home value

$85,100$120,200

Median gross rent

$502$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guntown	Shannon
Under 5	5.2%	9.9%
5 to 17	28.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	18.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.9%
75 and over	2.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guntown	Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	29.8%
Black or African American	22.1%	59.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guntown	Shannon
No high school diploma	6.7%	12.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guntown	Shannon
Drove alone	91.3%	85.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guntown	Shannon
1-unit, detached	73.4%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Guntown	Shannon
Poverty rate	6.8%	19.9%
Average household size	3.35	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	2002	1990