Bishop is a very small city located in the state of California. With a population of 3,771 people and four associated neighborhoods, Bishop is the 566th largest community in California.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Bishop has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Of important note, Bishop is also a city of artists. Bishop has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bishop’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.53% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Bishop spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.17 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small city, Bishop does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Bishop citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.39% of adults in Bishop have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Bishop in 2022 was $47,064, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $188,256 for a family of four. However, Bishop contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bishop is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bishop home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bishop residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Bishop also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.36% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bishop include German, Scottish, English, Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Bishop is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.