Bancroft vs Lennon

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

Bancroft and Lennon 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 397 in Lennon). Bancroft has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $76,563 in Lennon). Lennon has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $117,000 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Lennon
Population	571	397
Median age	34.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$76,563
Median home value	$117,000	$145,800
Median gross rent	$920	$775
Housing units	214	163
Homeownership rate	68.9%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Lennon
Population	477 → 571 (+19.7%)	520 → 397 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $80,000 (+64.1%)	$54,286 → $76,563 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)	$97,300 → $145,800 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $920 (+28.0%)	$877 → $775 (-11.6%)

Bancroft

Population

477571

Median household income

$48,750$80,000

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$719$920

Lennon

Population

520397

Median household income

$54,286$76,563

Median home value

$97,300$145,800

Median gross rent

$877$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Lennon
Under 5	7.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	15.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	15.6%
75 and over	3.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Lennon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Lennon
No high school diploma	8.8%	9.6%
High school graduate	39.2%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Lennon
Drove alone	92.3%	85.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Lennon
1-unit, detached	93.5%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Lennon
Poverty rate	7.7%	9.1%
Average household size	2.91	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1938	1957