Bancroft vs Soda Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Bancroft and Soda Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Bancroft and Soda Springs are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Soda Springs has the higher population (3,150 vs 313 in Bancroft). Bancroft has the higher median household income ($76,719 vs $47,480 in Soda Springs). Soda Springs has the higher median home value ($204,800 vs $167,400 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Soda Springs
Population	313	3,150
Median age	42.8 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,719	$47,480
Median home value	$167,400	$204,800
Median gross rent	$1,075	$826
Housing units	138	1,380
Homeownership rate	88.4%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Soda Springs
Population	329 → 313 (-4.9%)	2,966 → 3,150 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$56,607 → $76,719 (+35.5%)	$52,924 → $47,480 (-10.3%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $167,400 (+90.7%)	$130,400 → $204,800 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $1,075 (+117.6%)	$597 → $826 (+38.4%)

Bancroft

Population

329313

Median household income

$56,607$76,719

Median home value

$87,800$167,400

Median gross rent

$494$1,075

Soda Springs

Population

2,9663,150

Median household income

$52,924$47,480

Median home value

$130,400$204,800

Median gross rent

$597$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Soda Springs
Under 5	4.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	7.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	23.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	0.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	18.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.8%
75 and over	7.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Soda Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Soda Springs
No high school diploma	4.0%	15.1%
High school graduate	27.2%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	60.4%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Soda Springs
Drove alone	62.4%	81.5%
Carpooled	34.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Soda Springs
1-unit, detached	77.5%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	22.5%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Soda Springs
Poverty rate	1.3%	12.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	31	17
Median year structure built	1938	1972