Gentry County vs Shannon County

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

Gentry 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.

Shannon County has the higher population (7,137 vs 6,224 in Gentry County). Shannon County has the higher median household income ($59,000 vs $57,458 in Gentry County). Shannon County has the higher median home value ($151,000 vs $123,000 in Gentry County).

Population, income & housing

	Gentry County	Shannon County
Population	6,224	7,137
Median age	40.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,458	$59,000
Median home value	$123,000	$151,000
Median gross rent	$620	$509
Housing units	2,928	3,522
Homeownership rate	74.8%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gentry County	Shannon County
Population	6,616 → 6,224 (-5.9%)	8,217 → 7,137 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$47,790 → $57,458 (+20.2%)	$34,265 → $59,000 (+72.2%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $123,000 (+39.5%)	$124,900 → $151,000 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $620 (+1.3%)	$586 → $509 (-13.1%)

Gentry County

Population

6,6166,224

Median household income

$47,790$57,458

Median home value

$88,200$123,000

Median gross rent

$612$620

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)

	Gentry County	Shannon County
Under 5	6.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.3%
75 and over	8.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gentry County	Shannon County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gentry County	Shannon County
No high school diploma	11.6%	13.4%
High school graduate	45.9%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gentry County	Shannon County
Drove alone	76.3%	75.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	13.3%
Public transit	1.5%	1.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.2%	9.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gentry County	Shannon County
1-unit, detached	80.4%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Gentry County	Shannon County
Poverty rate	15.6%	16.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1973	1982