City · Nueces County, Texas

Bishop, Texas

Bishop is a city in Nueces County, Texas, part of the Corpus Christi, TX metro area. It has 3,103 residents. Bishop, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 3 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,119 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #955 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), restaurants and bars (high) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on hot days (high), broadband subscriptions (low) and violent crime rate (high).

3Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,119 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #955 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 3,103 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,286.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4808392

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety10#14,077/15,637
Economy18#12,870/15,631
Housing28#10,841/14,977
Health20#12,427/15,609
Healthcare35#10,115/15,650
Environment3#14,947/15,453
Education21#12,365/15,649
Infrastructure0#15,637/15,650
Community9#14,209/15,651
Leisure & amenities36#10,036/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bishop, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Nueces County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
91/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Restaurants and bars · high11.0 /10k
81/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNueces County value
Comfortable days · high30.6%
81/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationNueces County value
Depression · low20.9%
76/100Texas 21.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Access to exercise opportunities · high92.4%
74/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNueces County value
Child care cost burden · low25.4%
72/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNueces County value

Weaknesses

Hot days · high140 days
1/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationNueces County value
Broadband subscriptions · low75.3%
2/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Violent crime rate · high753 /100k
2/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationNueces County value
Voter turnout · low48.2%
3/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionNueces County value
Property crime rate · high2,648 /100k
4/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationNueces County value
Food environment index · low6.3
6/100Texas 5.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNueces County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
39.3% (2015-2019) → 63.2% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.0% (2015-2019) → 42.0% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
34.1% (2015-2019) → 40.9% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$44,657 (2015-2019) → $58,152 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
14.4% (2015-2019) → 9.1% (2020-2024)
−5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Average commute timeWorsening
23.3 min (2015-2019) → 28.6 min (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bishop, Texas improved on 0 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 13 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Inequality+0.0860.411 → 0.497

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Bishop, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.3 min2015-2019	28.6 min2020-2024	+5.2 min	Within the margin of error	9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%2015-2019	17.7%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	77.7%2015-2019	75.4%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Child poverty rate	34.1%2015-2019	40.9%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Effective property tax rate	1.98%2015-2019	1.70%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	72%
High school diploma or higher	81.0%2015-2019	78.7%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	77%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4112015-2019	0.4972020-2024	+0.086	Declined	6%
Median household income	$44,6572015-2019	$58,1522020-2024	+30%	Within the margin of error	56%
Poverty rate	21.5%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.0%2015-2019	42.0%2020-2024	+18 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Rent-burdened households	39.3%2015-2019	63.2%2020-2024	+24 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.4%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	−5.2 points	Within the margin of error	87%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Bishop, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bishop, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bishop, Texas itself moved −25.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,103 residents (±24)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,132 households (±128)

Bishop, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k32%†360
$25k–50k15%†174
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,132 households (±128)

Bishop, Texas
Texas share

Own80%906
Rent20%†226

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,201 workers (±244)

Bishop, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone68%819
Carpool23%†277
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Corpus Christi, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Nueces County, the county holding most of Bishop's residents.

Nueces County has 8,111 employer establishments, 230 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 1.05× Texas's), with 134,586 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,723. The Census Bureau also counts 31,301 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,111; 31,301 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 230; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 134,586
Average annual pay: $53,723; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Nueces County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	909	25.8	1.24×About typical	12,796	$49,577	1,572
Restaurants and other eating places	727	20.6	1.12×About typical	15,873	$21,856	213
Specialty trade contractors	411	11.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	9,174	$69,146	3,152
Offices of physicians	398	11.3	1.74×More than typical	3,015	$92,908	349
Lessors of real estate	335	9.5	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,493	$45,931	2,377
Limited-service restaurants	332	9.4	1.17×About typical	7,586	$20,352	79
Full-service restaurants	316	9	1.17×About typical	7,338	$23,583	95
Legal services	222	6.3	1.17×About typical	1,483	$81,370	296
Building equipment contractors	214	6.1	1.01×About typical	2,669	$60,625	672
Insurance agencies and brokerages	203	5.8	1.31×More than typical	1,118	$61,912	516
Construction of buildings	181	5.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	1,047	$66,774	1,508
Offices of other health practitioners	179	5.1	0.84×About typical	922	$47,462	586

Rank places for an industry Open Nueces County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 352,505 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Bishop is mostly in Nueces County.

See federal money in Nueces County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bishop, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael CloudR-TX-27 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Nueces County23100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Corpus Christi, TX13

Other cities and towns in Nueces County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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