Bancroft vs Middletown

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (603 vs 571 in Bancroft). Bancroft has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $46,700 in Middletown). Bancroft has the higher median home value ($117,000 vs $85,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Middletown
Population	571	603
Median age	34.9 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$46,700
Median home value	$117,000	$85,300
Median gross rent	$920	$870
Housing units	214	368
Homeownership rate	68.9%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Middletown
Population	477 → 571 (+19.7%)	834 → 603 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $80,000 (+64.1%)	$36,528 → $46,700 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)	$67,800 → $85,300 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $920 (+28.0%)	$578 → $870 (+50.5%)

Bancroft

Population

477571

Median household income

$48,750$80,000

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$719$920

Middletown

Population

834603

Median household income

$36,528$46,700

Median home value

$67,800$85,300

Median gross rent

$578$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Middletown
Under 5	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	6.5%
18 to 24	15.6%	12.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	19.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	23.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.8%
75 and over	3.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	98.2%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Middletown
No high school diploma	8.8%	19.3%
High school graduate	39.2%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Middletown
Drove alone	92.3%	66.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	28.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.7%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Middletown
1-unit, detached	93.5%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Middletown
Poverty rate	7.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1938	1960