Bancroft vs Winfield

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

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

Winfield has the higher population (2,538 vs 472 in Bancroft). Winfield has the higher median household income ($89,917 vs $75,938 in Bancroft). Winfield has the higher median home value ($226,000 vs $114,100 in Bancroft).

Population, income & housing

	Bancroft	Winfield
Population	472	2,538
Median age	29.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$89,917
Median home value	$114,100	$226,000
Median gross rent	$815	$1,033
Housing units	227	1,028
Homeownership rate	81.2%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bancroft	Winfield
Population	464 → 472 (+1.7%)	2,785 → 2,538 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$31,184 → $75,938 (+143.5%)	$78,871 → $89,917 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $114,100 (+44.8%)	$202,300 → $226,000 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $815 (+5.2%)	$773 → $1,033 (+33.6%)

Bancroft

Population

464472

Median household income

$31,184$75,938

Median home value

$78,800$114,100

Median gross rent

$775$815

Winfield

Population

2,7852,538

Median household income

$78,871$89,917

Median home value

$202,300$226,000

Median gross rent

$773$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bancroft	Winfield
Under 5	3.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	11.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	40.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	2.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	7.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.6%
75 and over	6.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bancroft	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bancroft	Winfield
No high school diploma	8.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	66.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bancroft	Winfield
Drove alone	97.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bancroft	Winfield
1-unit, detached	62.1%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Bancroft	Winfield
Poverty rate	10.0%	18.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1970	1993