Proctorville vs Shannon

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

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

Proctorville has the higher population (128 vs 87 in Shannon). Since 2019, Proctorville's population has grown faster (-23.4% vs -77.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Proctorville	Shannon
Population	128	87
Median age	51.7 yrs	8.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	—
Median home value	$91,300	—
Housing units	60	42
Homeownership rate	81.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Proctorville	Shannon
Population	167 → 128 (-23.4%)	380 → 87 (-77.1%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $74,375 (+38.4%)	$24,583 → $28,359 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $91,300 (+813.1%)	$104,200 → $85,800 (-17.7%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $850 (+38.7%)	—

Proctorville

Population

167128

Median household income

$53,750$74,375

Median home value

$9,999$91,300

Median gross rent

$613$850

Shannon

Population

38087

Median household income

$24,583$28,359

Median home value

$104,200$85,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Proctorville	Shannon
Under 5	3.9%	33.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	24.1%
35 to 44	7.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.5%
75 and over	14.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Proctorville	Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	11.5%
Black or African American	10.9%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.8%	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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	77.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Proctorville	Shannon
No high school diploma	6.7%	22.0%
High school graduate	18.1%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	55.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Proctorville	Shannon
Drove alone	95.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	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)

	Proctorville	Shannon
1-unit, detached	85.0%	47.6%
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	15.0%	52.4%

Poverty & households

	Proctorville	Shannon
Poverty rate	10.2%	100.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1963	1999