Bancroft vs Raymond City

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

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

Bancroft has the higher population (472 vs 116 in Raymond City). Since 2019, Bancroft's population has grown faster (+1.7% vs -65.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Raymond City
Population	472	116
Median age	29.9 yrs	8.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	—
Median home value	$114,100	—
Median gross rent	$815	—
Housing units	227	27
Homeownership rate	81.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Raymond City
Population	464 → 472 (+1.7%)	331 → 116 (-65.0%)
Median household income	$31,184 → $75,938 (+143.5%)	$33,929 → $38,542 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $114,100 (+44.8%)	$100,000 → $107,900 (+7.9%)
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

Raymond City

Population

331116

Median household income

$33,929$38,542

Median home value

$100,000$107,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Raymond City
Under 5	3.6%	24.1%
5 to 17	11.4%	31.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	40.3%	22.4%
35 to 44	2.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.9%
75 and over	6.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Raymond City
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	Raymond City
No high school diploma	8.6%	30.8%
High school graduate	66.5%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Raymond City
Drove alone	97.9%	29.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	70.3%
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	Raymond City
1-unit, detached	62.1%	59.3%
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%	40.7%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Raymond City
Poverty rate	10.0%	77.6%
Average household size	2.40	4.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1970	—