Bishopville vs Whaleyville

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

Bishopville and Whaleyville 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 179 in Whaleyville). Bishopville has the higher median home value ($520,700 vs $187,200 in Whaleyville). Since 2019, Whaleyville's population has grown faster (+225.5% vs -14.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bishopville	Whaleyville
Population	665	179
Median age	55.0 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$81,771
Median home value	$520,700	$187,200
Housing units	370	114
Homeownership rate	82.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	53.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bishopville	Whaleyville
Population	774 → 665 (-14.1%)	55 → 179 (+225.5%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $73,690 (+15.2%)	$109,231 → $81,771 (-25.1%)
Median home value	$337,900 → $520,700 (+54.1%)	—

Bishopville

Population

774665

Median household income

$63,958$73,690

Median home value

$337,900$520,700

Whaleyville

Population

55179

Median household income

$109,231$81,771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bishopville	Whaleyville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	29.6%
35 to 44	6.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	22.4%	20.7%
55 to 64	20.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.7%
75 and over	14.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bishopville	Whaleyville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	95.5%
Black or African American	9.6%	4.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bishopville	Whaleyville
No high school diploma	18.4%	15.2%
High school graduate	38.5%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	43.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bishopville	Whaleyville
Drove alone	51.1%	68.5%
Carpooled	22.0%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bishopville	Whaleyville
1-unit, detached	99.7%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bishopville	Whaleyville
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.47	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1979	1938