Shannon vs Verona

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

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

Verona has the higher population (2,782 vs 1,719 in Shannon). Verona has the higher median household income ($44,018 vs $42,208 in Shannon). Shannon has the higher median home value ($120,200 vs $113,900 in Verona).

Population, income & housing

	Shannon	Verona
Population	1,719	2,782
Median age	36.6 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,208	$44,018
Median home value	$120,200	$113,900
Median gross rent	$723	$973
Housing units	926	1,275
Homeownership rate	67.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shannon	Verona
Population	1,850 → 1,719 (-7.1%)	3,141 → 2,782 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$31,019 → $42,208 (+36.1%)	$30,621 → $44,018 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $120,200 (+41.2%)	$75,100 → $113,900 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$502 → $723 (+44.0%)	$667 → $973 (+45.9%)

Shannon

Population

1,8501,719

Median household income

$31,019$42,208

Median home value

$85,100$120,200

Median gross rent

$502$723

Verona

Population

3,1412,782

Median household income

$30,621$44,018

Median home value

$75,100$113,900

Median gross rent

$667$973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shannon	Verona
Under 5	9.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	11.7%	13.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	25.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.1%
75 and over	8.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shannon	Verona
White (non-Hispanic)	29.8%	10.4%
Black or African American	59.4%	84.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shannon	Verona
No high school diploma	12.2%	25.5%
High school graduate	41.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shannon	Verona
Drove alone	85.3%	87.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shannon	Verona
1-unit, detached	58.5%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	12.9%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	28.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Shannon	Verona
Poverty rate	19.9%	24.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1990	1975