Bancroft vs Shaftsburg

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

Bancroft and Shaftsburg 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 498 in Shaftsburg). Shaftsburg has the higher median household income ($90,054 vs $80,000 in Bancroft). Shaftsburg has the higher median home value ($235,900 vs $117,000 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Shaftsburg
Population	571	498
Median age	34.9 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$90,054
Median home value	$117,000	$235,900
Median gross rent	$920	—
Housing units	214	296
Homeownership rate	68.9%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Shaftsburg
Population	477 → 571 (+19.7%)	293 → 498 (+70.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $80,000 (+64.1%)	$49,432 → $90,054 (+82.2%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)	$193,500 → $235,900 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $920 (+28.0%)	$777 → $855 (+10.0%)

Bancroft

Population

477571

Median household income

$48,750$80,000

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$719$920

Shaftsburg

Population

293498

Median household income

$49,432$90,054

Median home value

$193,500$235,900

Median gross rent

$777$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Shaftsburg
Under 5	7.4%	1.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	10.2%
18 to 24	15.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	4.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	19.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	20.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	20.1%
75 and over	3.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Shaftsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Shaftsburg
No high school diploma	8.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.2%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Shaftsburg
Drove alone	92.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Shaftsburg
1-unit, detached	93.5%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Shaftsburg
Poverty rate	7.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.91	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1938	1979