Amarillo vs Bishop Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Amarillo and Bishop Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amarillo has the higher population (200,945 vs 211 in Bishop Hills). Bishop Hills has the higher median household income ($108,750 vs $62,469 in Amarillo). Bishop Hills has the higher median home value ($292,900 vs $186,800 in Amarillo).

Population, income & housing

	Amarillo	Bishop Hills
Population	200,945	211
Median age	35.0 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,469	$108,750
Median home value	$186,800	$292,900
Median gross rent	$1,049	—
Housing units	88,394	78
Homeownership rate	59.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amarillo	Bishop Hills
Population	198,955 → 200,945 (+1.0%)	256 → 211 (-17.6%)
Median household income	$52,725 → $62,469 (+18.5%)	$99,250 → $108,750 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $186,800 (+41.0%)	$213,100 → $292,900 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,049 (+23.4%)	—

Amarillo

Population

198,955200,945

Median household income

$52,725$62,469

Median home value

$132,500$186,800

Median gross rent

$850$1,049

Bishop Hills

Population

256211

Median household income

$99,250$108,750

Median home value

$213,100$292,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amarillo	Bishop Hills
Under 5	7.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	27.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	1.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	4.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	6.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	18.0%
75 and over	6.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amarillo	Bishop Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	76.3%
Black or African American	7.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amarillo	Bishop Hills
No high school diploma	14.1%	0.7%
High school graduate	26.6%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amarillo	Bishop Hills
Drove alone	78.9%	65.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.4%	3.2%
Walked	1.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	19.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amarillo	Bishop Hills
1-unit, detached	69.6%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amarillo	Bishop Hills
Poverty rate	15.8%	0.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1972	1968