Bancroft vs Whittemore

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

Bancroft and Whittemore 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 576 in Whittemore). Whittemore has the higher median household income ($77,054 vs $48,571 in Bancroft). Whittemore has the higher median home value ($88,700 vs $88,200 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Whittemore
Population	668	576
Median age	34.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,571	$77,054
Median home value	$88,200	$88,700
Median gross rent	$713	$508
Housing units	325	315
Homeownership rate	68.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Whittemore
Population	714 → 668 (-6.4%)	497 → 576 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $48,571 (+15.4%)	$53,864 → $77,054 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $88,200 (+10.8%)	$64,000 → $88,700 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $713 (+33.3%)	$546 → $508 (-7.0%)

Bancroft

Population

714668

Median household income

$42,083$48,571

Median home value

$79,600$88,200

Median gross rent

$535$713

Whittemore

Population

497576

Median household income

$53,864$77,054

Median home value

$64,000$88,700

Median gross rent

$546$508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Whittemore
Under 5	10.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	20.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	3.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.3%
75 and over	13.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Whittemore
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
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%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Whittemore
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	38.2%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Whittemore
Drove alone	82.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Whittemore
1-unit, detached	79.7%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Whittemore
Poverty rate	14.9%	4.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1960	1955