A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Bishop$3,470/mo

Typical home $595K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.70% · or rent about $1,580/mo · Housing →

San Pasqual$7,460/mo

Typical home $1.3M (Census) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $2,180/mo · Housing →

The difference: $4,000 a month, about $48,000 a year, between San Pasqual and Bishop.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

DBishopSafer than 7% of U.S. towns –San PasqualNot graded

Schools

C+BishopBetter than 41% of districts in the state –San PasqualNot graded

Health

A−BishopHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns A+San PasqualHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BishopSan Pasqual

Snow a year—0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)87th 94th

Outdoors & history

BishopSan Pasqual

Trails3 mi —

Conserved land46.8%—

Settled1861 —

Archive photos12 1

Community

BishopSan Pasqual

Library hours a week36 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

224 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BishopCA San PasqualCA

Bishop ↔ San Pasqual224 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

BishopSan Pasqual

People

Population 3,778Highest 1,918Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.5%Lowest CA: +6.1% +2.9%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 51.2±7.5Highest 35% above CA 46.5±2.7Lowest 23% above CA

Bishop and San Pasqual are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 10.3%±4.2Lowest CA: 22% 17.8%±5.2Highest CA: 22%

San Pasqual and Bishop are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 28.1%±7.8Highest CA: 15.7% 20.3%±1.8Lowest CA: 15.7%

Bishop and San Pasqual are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 46.3%Lowest CA: 37.1% 64.7%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.6%±3.4Lowest CA: 7.6% 5.8%±3.5Highest CA: 7.6%

San Pasqual and Bishop are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $83,686±$13kLowest 16% below CA $123,317±$17kHighest 24% above CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $386,400±$191kLowest 47% below CA $1,301,000±$135kHighest 77% above CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,580±$130Lowest 22% below CA $2,180±$250Highest 7% above CA

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,709Lowest 47% below CA $7,712Highest 51% above CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39.4%±18.3Lowest CA: 55.3% 54.9%±13.6Highest CA: 55.3%

San Pasqual and Bishop are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 9.9%Highest CA: 12% 7.4%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.3%Highest CA: 55.9% 53.8%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1967Highest 9 yrs older than CA 1944Lowest 32 yrs older than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 16 minLowest 44% below CA 33 minHighest 15% above CA

Work from home 12.5%±7.2Lowest CA: 17.2% 33%±10.2Highest CA: 17.2%

Work in townworking residents 43%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 1.8 miLowest 11.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.94Highest 0.18Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Mammoth Lakes (7%)Los Angeles (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in San PasqualFew work in Bishop

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 46.8%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 72.6Lowest 151Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #268 of 574 in CA—

School district Bishop Unified—

High school in town Bishop Union High—

Students per teacherat that high school 18.1 —

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Bishop vs San Pasqual

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $4,000 more a month in San Pasqual

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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