Nettleton vs Shannon

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

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

Nettleton has the higher population (2,023 vs 1,719 in Shannon). Nettleton has the higher median household income ($44,178 vs $42,208 in Shannon). Shannon has the higher median home value ($120,200 vs $90,900 in Nettleton).

Population, income & housing

	Nettleton	Shannon
Population	2,023	1,719
Median age	38.9 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,178	$42,208
Median home value	$90,900	$120,200
Median gross rent	$809	$723
Housing units	890	926
Homeownership rate	80.9%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nettleton	Shannon
Population	2,293 → 2,023 (-11.8%)	1,850 → 1,719 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$36,672 → $44,178 (+20.5%)	$31,019 → $42,208 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $90,900 (+30.4%)	$85,100 → $120,200 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $809 (+29.6%)	$502 → $723 (+44.0%)

Nettleton

Population

2,2932,023

Median household income

$36,672$44,178

Median home value

$69,700$90,900

Median gross rent

$624$809

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)

	Nettleton	Shannon
Under 5	2.0%	9.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	19.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	17.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.9%
75 and over	7.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nettleton	Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	29.8%
Black or African American	35.1%	59.4%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nettleton	Shannon
No high school diploma	14.3%	12.2%
High school graduate	50.2%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nettleton	Shannon
Drove alone	86.3%	85.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	2.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nettleton	Shannon
1-unit, detached	86.0%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Nettleton	Shannon
Poverty rate	13.8%	19.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1983	1990