Bancroft vs Titonka

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

Bancroft and Titonka 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 423 in Titonka). Titonka has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $48,571 in Bancroft). Bancroft has the higher median home value ($88,200 vs $61,400 in Titonka).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Titonka
Population	668	423
Median age	34.3 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,571	$54,063
Median home value	$88,200	$61,400
Median gross rent	$713	$443
Housing units	325	231
Homeownership rate	68.1%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Titonka
Population	714 → 668 (-6.4%)	481 → 423 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $48,571 (+15.4%)	$45,000 → $54,063 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $88,200 (+10.8%)	$47,200 → $61,400 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $713 (+33.3%)	$704 → $443 (-37.1%)

Bancroft

Population

714668

Median household income

$42,083$48,571

Median home value

$79,600$88,200

Median gross rent

$535$713

Titonka

Population

481423

Median household income

$45,000$54,063

Median home value

$47,200$61,400

Median gross rent

$704$443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Titonka
Under 5	10.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	3.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	18.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.7%
75 and over	13.3%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Titonka
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Titonka
No high school diploma	3.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	38.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Titonka
Drove alone	82.4%	71.9%
Carpooled	3.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	11.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Titonka
1-unit, detached	79.7%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Titonka
Poverty rate	14.9%	10.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	15	26
Median year structure built	1960	1955