Bishopville vs Lynchburg

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

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

Bishopville has the higher population (2,958 vs 373 in Lynchburg). Bishopville has the higher median household income ($44,015 vs $15,000 in Lynchburg). Bishopville has the higher median home value ($105,400 vs $101,000 in Lynchburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bishopville	Lynchburg
Population	2,958	373
Median age	42.5 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,015	$15,000
Median home value	$105,400	$101,000
Median gross rent	$554	$829
Housing units	1,463	201
Homeownership rate	48.3%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bishopville	Lynchburg
Population	3,103 → 2,958 (-4.7%)	375 → 373 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$24,524 → $44,015 (+79.5%)	$22,625 → $15,000 (-33.7%)
Median home value	$115,800 → $105,400 (-9.0%)	$73,600 → $101,000 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $554 (-12.8%)	$429 → $829 (+93.2%)

Bishopville

Population

3,1032,958

Median household income

$24,524$44,015

Median home value

$115,800$105,400

Median gross rent

$635$554

Lynchburg

Population

375373

Median household income

$22,625$15,000

Median home value

$73,600$101,000

Median gross rent

$429$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bishopville	Lynchburg
Under 5	6.7%	18.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	8.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	13.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	1.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.5%	13.9%
75 and over	9.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bishopville	Lynchburg
White (non-Hispanic)	22.1%	2.4%
Black or African American	74.8%	94.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bishopville	Lynchburg
No high school diploma	17.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bishopville	Lynchburg
Drove alone	76.9%	40.4%
Carpooled	17.4%	59.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bishopville	Lynchburg
1-unit, detached	66.4%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	28.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	3.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Bishopville	Lynchburg
Poverty rate	29.0%	68.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	44
Median year structure built	1981	1986