| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 235 / 417 / 573 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:46 PM |
| Population: | 6,062 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 29203 |
| Land Area: | 699 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 37.0307, -91.3969 |
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6,062 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 699 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 7,093 to 6,062 from 2014 to 2024 — a -14.5% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 65438 (Birch Tree, $54,028 median) and poorest ZIP 65466 (Eminence, $40,625) are 20.6 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.9× across this county — from $117,400 in 65438 (Birch Tree) to $226,500 in 65466 (Eminence).
Density varies 2× across the county — from 7 people/sq mi in 65466 (Eminence) to 11 in 65588 (Winona).
Educational attainment ranges from 10.8% bachelor's+ in 65588 (Winona) to 11.7% in 65466 (Eminence) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Missouri, this is the #105 most populous of 116 counties and ranks #105 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $47,278 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
11.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (488 of 4,424 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
Shannon County lost 14.5% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: