| ZIP Codes: | 12 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 7 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 442 / 760 |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:28 PM |
| Population: | 20,016 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 06027 |
| CBSA: | Bishop, CA |
| Land Area: | 4,934 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 19 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 36.5445, -117.6044 |
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20,016 residents live across 12 ZIPs covering 4,934 sq mi, served by 11 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 19,679 to 20,016 from 2014 to 2024 — a +1.7% change. 6 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost (and 1 held flat).
The county's wealthiest ZIP 92328 (Death Valley, $94,375 median) and poorest ZIP 93545 (Lone Pine, $43,529) are 68.1 miles apart — a 2.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 5.5× across this county — from $77,800 in 92328 (Death Valley) to $427,100 in 93549 (Olancha).
Density varies 20× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 92389 (Tecopa) to 9 in 93514 (Bishop).
Educational attainment ranges from 7.2% bachelor's+ in 92389 (Tecopa) to 53.5% in 92328 (Death Valley) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within California, this is the #51 most populous of 58 counties and ranks #37 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $77,362 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
32.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (4,774 of 14,781 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 7 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
| ZIP | City | Type | Population | Median Income | Area (sq mi) | 10-yr Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93514 | Bishop | Standard | 14,853 | $81,278 | 1,570.2 | 2.6% |
| 93513 | Big Pine | Standard | 1,632 | $67,292 | 825.2 | 3.0% |
| 93545 | Lone Pine | Standard | 1,470 | $43,529 | 749.7 | -30.0% |
| 93526 | Independence | Standard | 825 | $72,950 | 257.5 | 15.5% |
| 92328 | Death Valley | Standard | 725 | $94,375 | 598.8 | 158.0% |
| 93549 | Olancha | PO Box | 203 | $73,958 | 270.4 | -39.2% |
| 92389 | Tecopa | PO Box | 201 | — | 422.4 | 74.8% |
| 93522 | Darwin | PO Box | 61 | — | 99.2 | 238.9% |
| 93530 | Keeler | PO Box | 28 | — | 5.5 | 0.0% |
| 92384 | Shoshone | PO Box | 18 | — | 134.7 | -47.1% |
| 93542 | Little Lake | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 93515 | Bishop | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |