Bishopville vs Newark

A side-by-side comparison of Bishopville and Newark: population, income, housing, and more.

Bishopville and Newark are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bishopville has the higher population (665 vs 347 in Newark). Bishopville has the higher median home value ($520,700 vs $337,000 in Newark). Since 2019, Bishopville's population has grown faster (-14.1% vs -39.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bishopville	Newark
Population	665	347
Median age	55.0 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$105,093
Median home value	$520,700	$337,000
Housing units	370	140
Homeownership rate	82.5%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bishopville	Newark
Population	774 → 665 (-14.1%)	572 → 347 (-39.3%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $73,690 (+15.2%)	$89,315 → $105,093 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$337,900 → $520,700 (+54.1%)	$583,300 → $337,000 (-42.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,595 → $1,552 (-2.7%)

Bishopville

Population

774665

Median household income

$63,958$73,690

Median home value

$337,900$520,700

Newark

Population

572347

Median household income

$89,315$105,093

Median home value

$583,300$337,000

Median gross rent

$1,595$1,552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bishopville	Newark
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	22.4%	19.6%
55 to 64	20.9%	23.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.2%
75 and over	14.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bishopville	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	65.4%
Black or African American	9.6%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	19.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bishopville	Newark
No high school diploma	18.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	38.5%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bishopville	Newark
Drove alone	51.1%	50.5%
Carpooled	22.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	31.3%
Other means	0.0%	18.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bishopville	Newark
1-unit, detached	99.7%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Bishopville	Newark
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	48
Median year structure built	1979	1997