Bancroft vs Buffalo

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

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

Buffalo has the higher population (1,110 vs 472 in Bancroft). Bancroft has the higher median household income ($75,938 vs $55,313 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median home value ($124,100 vs $114,100 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Buffalo
Population	472	1,110
Median age	29.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$55,313
Median home value	$114,100	$124,100
Median gross rent	$815	$720
Housing units	227	501
Homeownership rate	81.2%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Buffalo
Population	464 → 472 (+1.7%)	1,176 → 1,110 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$31,184 → $75,938 (+143.5%)	$39,219 → $55,313 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $114,100 (+44.8%)	$89,200 → $124,100 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $815 (+5.2%)	$619 → $720 (+16.3%)

Bancroft

Population

464472

Median household income

$31,184$75,938

Median home value

$78,800$114,100

Median gross rent

$775$815

Buffalo

Population

1,1761,110

Median household income

$39,219$55,313

Median home value

$89,200$124,100

Median gross rent

$619$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Buffalo
Under 5	3.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	11.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	3.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	40.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	2.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	17.5%
55 to 64	7.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.9%
75 and over	6.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Buffalo
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Buffalo
No high school diploma	8.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	66.5%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Buffalo
Drove alone	97.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Buffalo
1-unit, detached	62.1%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	32.3%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Buffalo
Poverty rate	10.0%	21.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1970	1986