Bancroft has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. 59 jobs are based in Bancroft, and 240 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Bancroft for work; outside it, Stevens Point is the main destination (19%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bancroft: the gist
Bancroft is a place people come home to
There are 59 jobs based in Bancroft, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bancroft has about 490 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 240 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Bancroft
On a workday 240 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Bancroft on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Bancroft
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where people from Bancroft work
Where Bancroft clocks in
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Bancroft
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bancroft, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 59. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bancroft’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bancroft workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 313 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns around Bancroft
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bancroft workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft | – | — | — | 20 min | $77,059 |
| Almond | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Almond: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bancroft’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bancroft: questions
What is the median household income in Bancroft?
$77,059 (±$11,214) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bancroft?
17.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bancroft?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bancroft work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stevens Point (19%, 15 mi), Waupaca (7%, 22 mi), Plover (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bancroft without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bancroft, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bancroft
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.