Bancroft vs Burt

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

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

Bancroft has the higher population (668 vs 506 in Burt). Burt has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $48,571 in Bancroft). Bancroft has the higher median home value ($88,200 vs $76,000 in Burt).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Burt
Population	668	506
Median age	34.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,571	$61,250
Median home value	$88,200	$76,000
Median gross rent	$713	—
Housing units	325	237
Homeownership rate	68.1%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Burt
Population	714 → 668 (-6.4%)	512 → 506 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $48,571 (+15.4%)	$46,875 → $61,250 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $88,200 (+10.8%)	$50,300 → $76,000 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $713 (+33.3%)	$639 → $821 (+28.5%)

Bancroft

Population

714668

Median household income

$42,083$48,571

Median home value

$79,600$88,200

Median gross rent

$535$713

Burt

Population

512506

Median household income

$46,875$61,250

Median home value

$50,300$76,000

Median gross rent

$639$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Burt
Under 5	10.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	3.9%	5.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	18.4%
75 and over	13.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Burt
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Burt
No high school diploma	3.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	38.2%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Burt
Drove alone	82.4%	68.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Burt
1-unit, detached	79.7%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Burt
Poverty rate	14.9%	27.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1960	1955