PlainZIP

Shannon, MS

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shannon, MS: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,481. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SHANNON-MS · Shannon, MS 1 ZIPs · 5,481 pop · #23785/25278 · Lee County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $41,030
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23785/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Plantersville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,481
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $142,300

Nearest income peer: Plantersville, MS (+ $11,720 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Shannon

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shannon on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Shannon, MS sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

6th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,481
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$41,030
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($41,030 average) · poverty 27.1%. The primary code (38868) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Shannon as a pure owner town.

Within Mississippi, Robinsonville is the closest lower-income city and Bolton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Shannon.

Population concentration

Shannon reads through its lone ZIP, 38868

5,481 ACS residents, one ZIP: 38868 is not the leading code inside Shannon, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Shannon

Citywide ZBP: 63 establishments, 1,719 employees , annual payroll $83,161k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 38868 (63 units) ; leading NAICS Manufacturing (13) · also Retail trade · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Shannon, MS

These ZIP codes sit in Lee County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Shannon. See the Lee County roll-up →

Every one of the 6 cities sharing Lee County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Shannon, Tupelo, Saltillo and Guntown among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Mooreville marks the far end of that range at $93,021, 127% above Shannon.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
38868 5,481 $41,030 63 29
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Shannon roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Shannon, .