Bishop vs West Bishop

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

Bishop and West 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 2,697 in West Bishop). West Bishop has the higher median household income ($117,609 vs $82,205 in Bishop). West Bishop has the higher median home value ($572,600 vs $405,700 in Bishop).

Population, income & housing

	Bishop	West Bishop
Population	3,793	2,697
Median age	50.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,205	$117,609
Median home value	$405,700	$572,600
Median gross rent	$1,431	$1,425
Housing units	2,314	1,101
Homeownership rate	56.3%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	51.4%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bishop	West Bishop
Population	3,745 → 3,793 (+1.3%)	2,734 → 2,697 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$62,067 → $82,205 (+32.4%)	$95,286 → $117,609 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$319,000 → $405,700 (+27.2%)	$433,800 → $572,600 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,431 (+46.5%)	$1,400 → $1,425 (+1.8%)

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

West Bishop

Population

2,7342,697

Median household income

$95,286$117,609

Median home value

$433,800$572,600

Median gross rent

$1,400$1,425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bishop	West Bishop
Under 5	0.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	6.5%
55 to 64	18.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	16.2%
75 and over	12.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bishop	West Bishop
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	2.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bishop	West Bishop
No high school diploma	2.8%	0.9%
High school graduate	19.1%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bishop	West Bishop
Drove alone	58.2%	63.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	13.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	8.3%	1.7%
Worked from home	10.2%	20.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bishop	West Bishop
1-unit, detached	46.6%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Bishop	West Bishop
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.0%
Average household size	1.80	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1969	1971