West Bishop is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States. The population was 2,754 at the 2020 census, up from 2,607 at the 2010 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , over 99% of it land.
Demographics
West Bishop first appeared as a census designated place in the 1990 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|2,493
|2,233
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,198
|88.81%
|85.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |79.81%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|1
|9
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.04%
|0.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|30
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42
|1.07%
|0.61%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.53%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|29
|40
|style='background: #ffffe6; |52
|1.03%
|1.53%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.89%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.04%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|4
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|0.14%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.58%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|33
|42
|style='background: #ffffe6; |137
|1.18%
|1.61%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.97%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|216
|261
|style='background: #ffffe6; |302
|7.70%
|10.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.97%
|-
|Total
|2,807
|2,607
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,754
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, West Bishop had a population of 2,754 and a population density of . 89.3% of residents lived in urban areas, while 10.7% lived in rural areas.
The whole population lived in households. There were 1,162 households, out of which 23.3% included children under the age of 18, 61.8% were married-couple households, 5.1% were cohabiting couple households, 20.0% had a female householder with no partner present, and 13.2% had a male householder with no partner present. 24.6% of households were one person, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37. There were 819 families (70.5% of all households).
The age distribution was 18.9% under the age of 18, 3.6% aged 18 to 24, 18.6% aged 25 to 44, 26.6% aged 45 to 64, and 32.3% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 54.1years. For every 100 females, there were 95.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.8 males age 18 and over.
2010 census
The 2010 United States census reported that West Bishop had a population of 2,607. The population density was . The racial makeup of West Bishop was 2,373 (91.0%) White, 10 (0.4%) African American, 28 (1.1%) Native American, 45 (1.7%) Asian, 1 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 72 (2.8%) from other races, and 78 (3.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 261 persons (10.0%).
The Census reported that 2,607 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,133 households, out of which 261 (23.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 714 (63.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 70 (6.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 48 (4.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 33 (2.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 5 (0.4%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 257 households (22.7%) were made up of individuals, and 146 (12.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30. There were 832 families (73.4% of all households); the average family size was 2.66.
The age distribution was 455 people (17.5%) under the age of 18, 135 people (5.2%) aged 18 to 24, 399 people (15.3%) aged 25 to 44, 957 people (36.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 661 people (25.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.
There were 1,229 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,133 were occupied, of which 974 (86.0%) were owner-occupied, and 159 (14.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.2%. 2,208 people (84.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 399 people (15.3%) lived in rental housing units.
Politics
In the state legislature, West Bishop is in , and .
Federally, West Bishop is in .
Education
Most of West Bishop is in the Bishop Unified School District for grades PK-12<!--UNI 1409-->. A portion of the area is in the Round Valley Joint Elementary School District<!--ELM 33690--> for elementary school and Bishop USD<!--SEC 6021--> for grades 9-12 only.
Previously the Bishop USD K-12 part was in the Bishop Union Elementary School District, and all of the area was in the Bishop Union High School District for high school.