Plantersville vs Shannon

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

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

Shannon has the higher population (1,719 vs 953 in Plantersville). Shannon has the higher median household income ($42,208 vs $34,034 in Plantersville). Plantersville has the higher median home value ($126,300 vs $120,200 in Shannon).

Population, income & housing

	Plantersville	Shannon
Population	953	1,719
Median age	31.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,034	$42,208
Median home value	$126,300	$120,200
Median gross rent	$846	$723
Housing units	451	926
Homeownership rate	49.9%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plantersville	Shannon
Population	927 → 953 (+2.8%)	1,850 → 1,719 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $34,034 (-11.5%)	$31,019 → $42,208 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $126,300 (+30.2%)	$85,100 → $120,200 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $846 (+20.5%)	$502 → $723 (+44.0%)

Plantersville

Population

927953

Median household income

$38,438$34,034

Median home value

$97,000$126,300

Median gross rent

$702$846

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)

	Plantersville	Shannon
Under 5	14.1%	9.9%
5 to 17	10.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	27.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	7.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	15.1%	8.9%
75 and over	3.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plantersville	Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	20.4%	29.8%
Black or African American	74.9%	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	4.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plantersville	Shannon
No high school diploma	18.1%	12.2%
High school graduate	36.6%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plantersville	Shannon
Drove alone	93.3%	85.3%
Carpooled	1.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plantersville	Shannon
1-unit, detached	70.5%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Plantersville	Shannon
Poverty rate	33.1%	19.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1991	1990