Bancroft vs Hometown

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

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

Hometown has the higher population (699 vs 472 in Bancroft). Bancroft has the higher median household income ($75,938 vs $40,500 in Hometown). Hometown has the higher median home value ($167,600 vs $114,100 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Hometown
Population	472	699
Median age	29.9 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$40,500
Median home value	$114,100	$167,600
Median gross rent	$815	—
Housing units	227	445
Homeownership rate	81.2%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Hometown
Population	464 → 472 (+1.7%)	606 → 699 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$31,184 → $75,938 (+143.5%)	$35,594 → $40,500 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $114,100 (+44.8%)	$133,400 → $167,600 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $815 (+5.2%)	—

Bancroft

Population

464472

Median household income

$31,184$75,938

Median home value

$78,800$114,100

Median gross rent

$775$815

Hometown

Population

606699

Median household income

$35,594$40,500

Median home value

$133,400$167,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Hometown
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	40.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	2.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	7.8%	33.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.0%
75 and over	6.6%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Hometown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Hometown
No high school diploma	8.6%	22.2%
High school graduate	66.5%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	7.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Hometown
Drove alone	97.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Hometown
1-unit, detached	62.1%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Hometown
Poverty rate	10.0%	30.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1970	1963