Bancroft vs Byron

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

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

Byron has the higher population (654 vs 571 in Bancroft). Bancroft has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $64,135 in Byron). Byron has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $117,000 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Byron
Population	571	654
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$64,135
Median home value	$117,000	$177,500
Median gross rent	$920	$950
Housing units	214	287
Homeownership rate	68.9%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Byron
Population	477 → 571 (+19.7%)	494 → 654 (+32.4%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $80,000 (+64.1%)	$59,375 → $64,135 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)	$109,200 → $177,500 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $920 (+28.0%)	$625 → $950 (+52.0%)

Bancroft

Population

477571

Median household income

$48,750$80,000

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$719$920

Byron

Population

494654

Median household income

$59,375$64,135

Median home value

$109,200$177,500

Median gross rent

$625$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Byron
Under 5	7.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	15.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.3%
75 and over	3.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Byron
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Byron
No high school diploma	8.8%	9.5%
High school graduate	39.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Byron
Drove alone	92.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Byron
1-unit, detached	93.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Byron
Poverty rate	7.7%	9.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1938	1959