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Shannon, Georgia.

A community in Floyd County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Floyd County’s.

Living in Shannon, Floyd County, Georgia

Shannon, in Floyd County, had 1,919 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $80,722 a year and half less, against $65,565 across Floyd County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Floyd County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Floyd County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 1,919 in the 2020 census; median age 30.4
Household income $80,722 the median, give or take $8,679 · Floyd County: $65,565
Unemployment 3.3% Floyd County, August 2026; 3.9% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Shannon for the Census survey to measure.
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 28 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What people in Floyd County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Manufacturing17%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Building trades7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Floyd County had 44,187 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 32°; warmest in July, 91° and 69° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 53° 32° F M A M J J 91° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 32°; warmest in July, 91° and 69° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 53° 32° F M A M J J 91° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 53° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 69°. About 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rome R B Russell Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Floyd County

  1. Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterGeneral medical and surgical hospitals1,890
  2. Adventhealth RedmondGeneral hospital1,348FTE
  3. Floyd County SchoolsSchool district1,290FTE
  4. Rome City SchoolsSchool district912FTE
  5. Winshape FoundationIndividual and family social services, multi-purpose690
  6. Lowe's Companies, INCWarehouse679
  7. F&P Georgia MFGAutomotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts manufacturing653
  8. Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeTwo-year college609

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 81 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 14,865 people in all across the county; Shannon has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. TornadoesVery high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively high
  4. HailRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate
  6. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Shannon’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Floyd County.