Bishop vs Lone Pine

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

Bishop and Lone Pine 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 1,373 in Lone Pine). Bishop has the higher median household income ($82,205 vs $49,063 in Lone Pine). Bishop has the higher median home value ($405,700 vs $192,800 in Lone Pine).

Population, income & housing

	Bishop	Lone Pine
Population	3,793	1,373
Median age	50.5 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,205	$49,063
Median home value	$405,700	$192,800
Median gross rent	$1,431	$784
Housing units	2,314	831
Homeownership rate	56.3%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bishop	Lone Pine
Population	3,745 → 3,793 (+1.3%)	1,807 → 1,373 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$62,067 → $82,205 (+32.4%)	$46,146 → $49,063 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$319,000 → $405,700 (+27.2%)	$183,300 → $192,800 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,431 (+46.5%)	$973 → $784 (-19.4%)

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

Lone Pine

Population

1,8071,373

Median household income

$46,146$49,063

Median home value

$183,300$192,800

Median gross rent

$973$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bishop	Lone Pine
Under 5	0.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	18.4%	17.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.6%
75 and over	12.6%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bishop	Lone Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	48.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	15.4%
Asian	2.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bishop	Lone Pine
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	19.1%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bishop	Lone Pine
Drove alone	58.2%	62.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	31.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.8%
Walked	12.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	8.3%	1.4%
Worked from home	10.2%	2.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bishop	Lone Pine
1-unit, detached	46.6%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	32.7%

Poverty & households

	Bishop	Lone Pine
Poverty rate	6.0%	15.0%
Average household size	1.80	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1969	1970