Bancroft vs Riverwood

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

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

Riverwood has the higher population (525 vs 494 in Bancroft). Riverwood has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $102,500 in Bancroft). Riverwood has the higher median home value ($615,500 vs $357,100 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Riverwood
Population	494	525
Median age	53.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,500	$250,001
Median home value	$357,100	$615,500
Housing units	228	196
Homeownership rate	99.1%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.3%	85.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Riverwood
Population	475 → 494 (+4.0%)	488 → 525 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$97,500 → $102,500 (+5.1%)	$178,125 → $250,001 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$275,300 → $357,100 (+29.7%)	$538,800 → $615,500 (+14.2%)

Bancroft

Population

475494

Median household income

$97,500$102,500

Median home value

$275,300$357,100

Riverwood

Population

488525

Median household income

$178,125$250,001

Median home value

$538,800$615,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Riverwood
Under 5	8.9%	8.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	1.9%
25 to 34	5.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	20.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.7%
75 and over	22.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Riverwood
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	15.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Riverwood
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	10.3%	1.7%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	45.9%
Graduate or professional degree	45.9%	39.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Riverwood
Drove alone	76.0%	63.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	32.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Riverwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Riverwood
Poverty rate	2.0%	1.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1973	1968