Bancroft vs Swea City

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

Bancroft and Swea City 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 612 in Swea City). Swea City has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $48,571 in Bancroft). Bancroft has the higher median home value ($88,200 vs $48,800 in Swea City).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Swea City
Population	668	612
Median age	34.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,571	$50,625
Median home value	$88,200	$48,800
Median gross rent	$713	$670
Housing units	325	319
Homeownership rate	68.1%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Swea City
Population	714 → 668 (-6.4%)	660 → 612 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $48,571 (+15.4%)	$36,328 → $50,625 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $88,200 (+10.8%)	$40,700 → $48,800 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $713 (+33.3%)	$730 → $670 (-8.2%)

Bancroft

Population

714668

Median household income

$42,083$48,571

Median home value

$79,600$88,200

Median gross rent

$535$713

Swea City

Population

660612

Median household income

$36,328$50,625

Median home value

$40,700$48,800

Median gross rent

$730$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Swea City
Under 5	10.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	19.6%
18 to 24	10.8%	11.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	7.7%
45 to 54	3.9%	3.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	18.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.7%
75 and over	13.3%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Swea City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Swea City
No high school diploma	3.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	38.2%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Swea City
Drove alone	82.4%	74.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.4%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Swea City
1-unit, detached	79.7%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Swea City
Poverty rate	14.9%	28.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1960	1953