Big Pine vs Bishop

A side-by-side comparison of Big Pine and Bishop: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Pine and Bishop are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bishop has the higher population (3,793 vs 1,464 in Big Pine). Bishop has the higher median household income ($82,205 vs $52,647 in Big Pine). Bishop has the higher median home value ($405,700 vs $281,300 in Big Pine).

Population, income & housing

	Big Pine	Bishop
Population	1,464	3,793
Median age	49.4 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,647	$82,205
Median home value	$281,300	$405,700
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,431
Housing units	817	2,314
Homeownership rate	76.4%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Pine	Bishop
Population	1,524 → 1,464 (-3.9%)	3,745 → 3,793 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$53,891 → $52,647 (-2.3%)	$62,067 → $82,205 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$232,200 → $281,300 (+21.1%)	$319,000 → $405,700 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,000 (+14.5%)	$977 → $1,431 (+46.5%)

Big Pine

Population

1,5241,464

Median household income

$53,891$52,647

Median home value

$232,200$281,300

Median gross rent

$873$1,000

Bishop

Population

3,7453,793

Median household income

$62,067$82,205

Median home value

$319,000$405,700

Median gross rent

$977$1,431

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Pine	Bishop
Under 5	6.5%	0.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	18.4%
65 to 74	14.8%	11.9%
75 and over	8.3%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Pine	Bishop
White (non-Hispanic)	57.5%	76.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.6%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Pine	Bishop
No high school diploma	8.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Pine	Bishop
Drove alone	70.4%	58.2%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.3%	1.1%
Walked	3.9%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	8.3%
Worked from home	12.3%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Pine	Bishop
1-unit, detached	64.5%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	18.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	29.6%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Big Pine	Bishop
Poverty rate	11.4%	6.0%
Average household size	2.15	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1975	1969