Elder's Mill Covered Bridge and Elder Mill · Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Bishop run?
Bishop’s town government spent $53,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $189 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Bishop didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Bishop is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
Oconee County School District
Bishop’s K–12 school district, shared with North High Shoals, Watkinsville, Bogart. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,402 per pupil, $8,845 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Georgia districts overall: 49% local, 39% state, 12% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $189 per resident a year, or $0.52 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 68%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Bishop didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Bishop yet
Every year of Bishop’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $3,950 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.90% of the home’s value, vs 0.77% across Georgia.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Bishop’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Tax bills are one input to Bishop’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Bishop →
Who’s in charge in Bishop
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Bishop’s votes are counted by county
Georgia reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Bishop alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Oconee County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican67.5%18,424 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat31.6%8,620 votesOthers: 0.9% (243 votes).
Most votes in Oconee County: Donald J Trump
Georgia: Trump 50.7%, Harris 48.5%
100% of Bishop lies in Oconee County. Every 2024 race in Oconee County is on the county’s page.
Oconee County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Bishop.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Georgia HouseState representatives
- 3Georgia SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Georgia
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Bishop’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Bishop’s government
How much does Bishop spend per resident?
About $189 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Bishop didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $166,000.
What is the property tax rate in Bishop?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $3,950 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.90% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.77% across Georgia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Bishop’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Bishop yet.
How did Bishop vote in 2024?
Georgia counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Bishop alone. Oconee County, where 100% of Bishop lies, voted Trump 67.5%, Harris 31.6% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Bishop?
0 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $3,713 (about $44,556 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Bishop in the state legislature?
State Senate District 46 (Bill Cowsert) and State House District 121 (Eric Gisler). The House district also covers two neighboring towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Bishop, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →