Bancroft vs Henderson

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

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

Bancroft has the higher population (571 vs 330 in Henderson). Henderson has the higher median household income ($83,571 vs $80,000 in Bancroft). Henderson has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $117,000 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Henderson
Population	571	330
Median age	34.9 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$83,571
Median home value	$117,000	$212,500
Median gross rent	$920	$1,047
Housing units	214	168
Homeownership rate	68.9%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Henderson
Population	477 → 571 (+19.7%)	370 → 330 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $80,000 (+64.1%)	$66,979 → $83,571 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)	$158,200 → $212,500 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $920 (+28.0%)	$1,083 → $1,047 (-3.3%)

Bancroft

Population

477571

Median household income

$48,750$80,000

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$719$920

Henderson

Population

370330

Median household income

$66,979$83,571

Median home value

$158,200$212,500

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Henderson
Under 5	7.4%	0.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	5.5%
18 to 24	15.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	32.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	14.8%
75 and over	3.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Henderson
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Henderson
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.5%
High school graduate	39.2%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Henderson
Drove alone	92.3%	85.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Henderson
1-unit, detached	93.5%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Henderson
Poverty rate	7.7%	7.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1938	1959