Bishop vs Corpus Christi

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

Bishop and Corpus Christi are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Corpus Christi has the higher population (317,383 vs 3,133 in Bishop). Corpus Christi has the higher median household income ($66,325 vs $58,385 in Bishop). Corpus Christi has the higher median home value ($197,100 vs $115,900 in Bishop).

Population, income & housing

	Bishop	Corpus Christi
Population	3,133	317,383
Median age	42.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,385	$66,325
Median home value	$115,900	$197,100
Median gross rent	$905	$1,230
Housing units	1,482	134,981
Homeownership rate	85.7%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bishop	Corpus Christi
Population	3,093 → 3,133 (+1.3%)	325,780 → 317,383 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$44,657 → $58,385 (+30.7%)	$56,333 → $66,325 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $115,900 (+37.2%)	$141,100 → $197,100 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $905 (+0.0%)	$1,028 → $1,230 (+19.6%)

Bishop

Population

3,0933,133

Median household income

$44,657$58,385

Median home value

$84,500$115,900

Median gross rent

$905$905

Corpus Christi

Population

325,780317,383

Median household income

$56,333$66,325

Median home value

$141,100$197,100

Median gross rent

$1,028$1,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bishop	Corpus Christi
Under 5	4.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.0%
75 and over	17.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bishop	Corpus Christi
White (non-Hispanic)	20.7%	30.1%
Black or African American	7.9%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	69.0%	61.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bishop	Corpus Christi
No high school diploma	24.9%	14.2%
High school graduate	26.5%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bishop	Corpus Christi
Drove alone	77.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	16.6%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bishop	Corpus Christi
1-unit, detached	83.5%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Bishop	Corpus Christi
Poverty rate	22.4%	17.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1971	1981