Bishopville vs West Ocean City

A side-by-side comparison of Bishopville and West Ocean City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Ocean City has the higher population (5,124 vs 665 in Bishopville). Bishopville has the higher median home value ($520,700 vs $418,700 in West Ocean City). Since 2019, West Ocean City's population has grown faster (+18.9% vs -14.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bishopville	West Ocean City
Population	665	5,124
Median age	55.0 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$93,776
Median home value	$520,700	$418,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,546
Housing units	370	3,144
Homeownership rate	82.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bishopville	West Ocean City
Population	774 → 665 (-14.1%)	4,310 → 5,124 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $73,690 (+15.2%)	$68,519 → $93,776 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$337,900 → $520,700 (+54.1%)	$307,800 → $418,700 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,245 → $1,546 (+24.2%)

Bishopville

Population

774665

Median household income

$63,958$73,690

Median home value

$337,900$520,700

West Ocean City

Population

4,3105,124

Median household income

$68,519$93,776

Median home value

$307,800$418,700

Median gross rent

$1,245$1,546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bishopville	West Ocean City
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	6.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	22.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	20.9%	21.4%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.6%
75 and over	14.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bishopville	West Ocean City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	87.0%
Black or African American	9.6%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bishopville	West Ocean City
No high school diploma	18.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	38.5%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bishopville	West Ocean City
Drove alone	51.1%	87.1%
Carpooled	22.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	26.7%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bishopville	West Ocean City
1-unit, detached	99.7%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Bishopville	West Ocean City
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1979	1996