Bancroft vs Eleanor

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

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

Eleanor has the higher population (1,655 vs 472 in Bancroft). Bancroft has the higher median household income ($75,938 vs $74,211 in Eleanor). Eleanor has the higher median home value ($236,400 vs $114,100 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Eleanor
Population	472	1,655
Median age	29.9 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$74,211
Median home value	$114,100	$236,400
Median gross rent	$815	$1,011
Housing units	227	697
Homeownership rate	81.2%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Eleanor
Population	464 → 472 (+1.7%)	1,380 → 1,655 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$31,184 → $75,938 (+143.5%)	$55,625 → $74,211 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $114,100 (+44.8%)	$153,300 → $236,400 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $815 (+5.2%)	$824 → $1,011 (+22.7%)

Bancroft

Population

464472

Median household income

$31,184$75,938

Median home value

$78,800$114,100

Median gross rent

$775$815

Eleanor

Population

1,3801,655

Median household income

$55,625$74,211

Median home value

$153,300$236,400

Median gross rent

$824$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Eleanor
Under 5	3.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	40.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	2.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	7.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.8%
75 and over	6.6%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Eleanor
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Eleanor
No high school diploma	8.6%	9.8%
High school graduate	66.5%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Eleanor
Drove alone	97.9%	92.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Eleanor
1-unit, detached	62.1%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Eleanor
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1970	1979