Bancroft vs Vernon

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

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

Vernon has the higher population (623 vs 571 in Bancroft). Bancroft has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $67,292 in Vernon). Vernon has the higher median home value ($122,000 vs $117,000 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Vernon
Population	571	623
Median age	34.9 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$67,292
Median home value	$117,000	$122,000
Median gross rent	$920	$1,063
Housing units	214	272
Homeownership rate	68.9%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Vernon
Population	477 → 571 (+19.7%)	679 → 623 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $80,000 (+64.1%)	$64,688 → $67,292 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)	$97,200 → $122,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $920 (+28.0%)	$725 → $1,063 (+46.6%)

Bancroft

Population

477571

Median household income

$48,750$80,000

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$719$920

Vernon

Population

679623

Median household income

$64,688$67,292

Median home value

$97,200$122,000

Median gross rent

$725$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Vernon
Under 5	7.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	15.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	16.4%
75 and over	3.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Vernon
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%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Vernon
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Vernon
Drove alone	92.3%	84.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Vernon
1-unit, detached	93.5%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Vernon
Poverty rate	7.7%	13.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1938	1955