Bancroft vs West Point

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

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

West Point has the higher population (3,479 vs 590 in Bancroft). West Point has the higher median household income ($63,977 vs $46,563 in Bancroft). West Point has the higher median home value ($209,200 vs $89,300 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	West Point
Population	590	3,479
Median age	38.2 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$63,977
Median home value	$89,300	$209,200
Median gross rent	$851	$748
Housing units	298	1,612
Homeownership rate	72.2%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	West Point
Population	458 → 590 (+28.8%)	3,301 → 3,479 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$59,792 → $46,563 (-22.1%)	$49,020 → $63,977 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $89,300 (+25.1%)	$116,900 → $209,200 (+79.0%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $851 (+14.7%)	$716 → $748 (+4.5%)

Bancroft

Population

458590

Median household income

$59,792$46,563

Median home value

$71,400$89,300

Median gross rent

$742$851

West Point

Population

3,3013,479

Median household income

$49,020$63,977

Median home value

$116,900$209,200

Median gross rent

$716$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	West Point
Under 5	6.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.0%
75 and over	16.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	West Point
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	West Point
No high school diploma	1.4%	14.7%
High school graduate	40.2%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	West Point
Drove alone	82.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	7.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	West Point
1-unit, detached	79.9%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	West Point
Poverty rate	11.9%	7.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1969	1961