Bishop vs Port Aransas

A side-by-side comparison of Bishop and Port Aransas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Aransas has the higher population (3,141 vs 3,133 in Bishop). Port Aransas has the higher median household income ($88,311 vs $58,385 in Bishop). Port Aransas has the higher median home value ($490,200 vs $115,900 in Bishop).

Population, income & housing

	Bishop	Port Aransas
Population	3,133	3,141
Median age	42.6 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,385	$88,311
Median home value	$115,900	$490,200
Median gross rent	$905	$2,226
Housing units	1,482	5,125
Homeownership rate	85.7%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bishop	Port Aransas
Population	3,093 → 3,133 (+1.3%)	4,123 → 3,141 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$44,657 → $58,385 (+30.7%)	$57,910 → $88,311 (+52.5%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $115,900 (+37.2%)	$340,600 → $490,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $905 (+0.0%)	$1,022 → $2,226 (+117.8%)

Bishop

Population

3,0933,133

Median household income

$44,657$58,385

Median home value

$84,500$115,900

Median gross rent

$905$905

Port Aransas

Population

4,1233,141

Median household income

$57,910$88,311

Median home value

$340,600$490,200

Median gross rent

$1,022$2,226

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bishop	Port Aransas
Under 5	4.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	12.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	2.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	19.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	22.6%
75 and over	17.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bishop	Port Aransas
White (non-Hispanic)	20.7%	86.0%
Black or African American	7.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	69.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bishop	Port Aransas
No high school diploma	24.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	26.5%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bishop	Port Aransas
Drove alone	77.9%	69.1%
Carpooled	16.6%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bishop	Port Aransas
1-unit, detached	83.5%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	18.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bishop	Port Aransas
Poverty rate	22.4%	9.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1971	1989