Bancroft vs Poca

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

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

Poca has the higher population (1,056 vs 472 in Bancroft). Poca has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $75,938 in Bancroft). Poca has the higher median home value ($178,500 vs $114,100 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Poca
Population	472	1,056
Median age	29.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$83,750
Median home value	$114,100	$178,500
Median gross rent	$815	—
Housing units	227	408
Homeownership rate	81.2%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Poca
Population	464 → 472 (+1.7%)	1,052 → 1,056 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$31,184 → $75,938 (+143.5%)	$59,659 → $83,750 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $114,100 (+44.8%)	$133,500 → $178,500 (+33.7%)
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

Poca

Population

1,0521,056

Median household income

$59,659$83,750

Median home value

$133,500$178,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Poca
Under 5	3.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	3.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	40.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	2.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	7.8%	8.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.3%
75 and over	6.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Poca
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	98.0%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Poca
No high school diploma	8.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	66.5%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Poca
Drove alone	97.9%	94.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Poca
1-unit, detached	62.1%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Poca
Poverty rate	10.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1970	1968