2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Bishop, CA vs Grass Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Household income in Grass Valley, is 38% less than it is in Bishop and is 54% below the National Average.
- Bishop unemployment rate is 6.4%.
- Grass Valley unemployment rate is 6.1%.
 Bishop, CAGrass Valley, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.4%6.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.9%0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth21.3%31.1%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.8%8.5%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$40,840$32,575$37,638
 Household Income$71,927$44,906$69,021
 Family Median Income$79,675$56,397$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Bishop, CAGrass Valley, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K8.5%13.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.7%9.7%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K4.2%11.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K12.1%11.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.7%11.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.1%9.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K20.2%7.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K16.7%11.2%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K11.8%9.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K7.3%3.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K1.7%3.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Bishop, CAGrass Valley, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance13.4%10.0%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science7.4%5.1%6.5%
 Community, social services1.1%3.8%1.8%
 Legal0.0%0.3%1.2%
 Education, library1.5%4.9%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment8.4%0.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology16.7%3.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support7.7%9.8%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.7%3.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving1.4%4.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.5%7.8%3.6%
 Personal care3.1%4.1%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support29.5%25.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.5%0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.9%5.5%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving1.2%11.5%13.1%
Reviews for Bishop    4 Reviews

Beautiful surroundings, but it’s a small town and if they don’t like you, they will be exclusionary. A lot of passive aggressiveness and suppressed anger, especially  More

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Over 8 years ago

It's amazing that HIGH CRIME rate 1-10 Bishop 72 The property crime 1-100 Bishop 72. Do they release ex-cons to that city from the nearby  More

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Over 10 years ago

Housing prices are rising. not much available I am considering. Moving out of  More

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Reviews for Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  More

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