Bancroft vs Wisner

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

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

Wisner has the higher population (1,436 vs 590 in Bancroft). Wisner has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $46,563 in Bancroft). Wisner has the higher median home value ($134,800 vs $89,300 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Wisner
Population	590	1,436
Median age	38.2 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$66,875
Median home value	$89,300	$134,800
Median gross rent	$851	$828
Housing units	298	695
Homeownership rate	72.2%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Wisner
Population	458 → 590 (+28.8%)	1,257 → 1,436 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$59,792 → $46,563 (-22.1%)	$49,185 → $66,875 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $89,300 (+25.1%)	$103,800 → $134,800 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $851 (+14.7%)	$582 → $828 (+42.3%)

Bancroft

Population

458590

Median household income

$59,792$46,563

Median home value

$71,400$89,300

Median gross rent

$742$851

Wisner

Population

1,2571,436

Median household income

$49,185$66,875

Median home value

$103,800$134,800

Median gross rent

$582$828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Wisner
Under 5	6.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	13.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	7.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.9%
75 and over	16.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Wisner
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Wisner
No high school diploma	1.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	40.2%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Wisner
Drove alone	82.4%	91.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	2.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Wisner
1-unit, detached	79.9%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Wisner
Poverty rate	11.9%	9.6%
Average household size	2.13	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1969	1958