Dade County vs Shannon County

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

Dade County and Shannon County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dade County has the higher population (7,627 vs 7,137 in Shannon County). Shannon County has the higher median household income ($59,000 vs $49,899 in Dade County). Dade County has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $151,000 in Shannon County).

Population, income & housing

	Dade County	Shannon County
Population	7,627	7,137
Median age	46.7 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,899	$59,000
Median home value	$157,200	$151,000
Median gross rent	$650	$509
Housing units	3,790	3,522
Homeownership rate	76.4%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dade County	Shannon County
Population	7,578 → 7,627 (+0.6%)	8,217 → 7,137 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$40,399 → $49,899 (+23.5%)	$34,265 → $59,000 (+72.2%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $157,200 (+88.3%)	$124,900 → $151,000 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $650 (+3.2%)	$586 → $509 (-13.1%)

Dade County

Population

7,5787,627

Median household income

$40,399$49,899

Median home value

$83,500$157,200

Median gross rent

$630$650

Shannon County

Population

8,2177,137

Median household income

$34,265$59,000

Median home value

$124,900$151,000

Median gross rent

$586$509

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dade County	Shannon County
Under 5	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	14.5%	13.3%
75 and over	10.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dade County	Shannon County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dade County	Shannon County
No high school diploma	9.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	41.9%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dade County	Shannon County
Drove alone	78.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.0%	9.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dade County	Shannon County
1-unit, detached	80.5%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Dade County	Shannon County
Poverty rate	14.1%	16.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1974	1982