A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Bancroft$2,240/mo

Typical home $367K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.04% · or rent about $1,104/mo · Housing →

Leadore$2,590/mo

Typical home $384K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

The difference: $350 a month, about $4,200 a year, between Leadore and Bancroft.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BancroftLeadore

Snow a year45″—

January low15°F —

July high87°F —

Growing season (days)121d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)64th 94th

Outdoors & history

BancroftLeadore

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Archive photos1 5

Famous people born here1 —

Community

BancroftLeadore

Library hours a week—22 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

154 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BancroftID LeadoreID

Bancroft ↔ Leadore154 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Idaho average

BancroftLeadore

People

Population 250Highest 135Lowest

Median age 48.6±38.4Lowest 30% above ID 50±16.1Highest 34% above ID

Leadore and Bancroft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 6.8%±12.5Lowest ID: 24.1% 20%±19.2Highest ID: 24.1%

Leadore and Bancroft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 25.2%±5.5Lowest ID: 17% 27.4%±25.8Highest ID: 17%

Leadore and Bancroft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.3%Lowest ID: 31.8% 12.6%Highest ID: 31.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.4%±4.9Highest ID: 6.3% 0%±12.6Lowest ID: 6.3%

Bancroft and Leadore are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $78,281±$38kHighest about the ID average $30,568±$4kLowest 61% below ID

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $164,200±$14k 61% below ID —

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,104±$45 11% below ID —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,713 16% below ID —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 28.6%±100Highest ID: 46.9% 0%±100Lowest ID: 46.9%

Bancroft and Leadore are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 1.2%Lowest ID: 10.6% 25.2%Highest ID: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.6%Lowest ID: 72.1% 95.3%Highest ID: 72.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 53 yrs older than ID 1982Highest 9 yrs older than ID

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 32% above ID 13 minLowest 39% below ID

Work from home 0%±9.5Lowest ID: 13.3% 20.8%±27.8Highest ID: 13.3%

Leadore and Bancroft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0.9%Lowest 6.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miLowest 43.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Lowest 6.28Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Soda Springs (32%)Salmon (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LeadoreFew work in Bancroft

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 6.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.9 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 103Highest 85.0Lowest

Schools

School district NORTH GEM DISTRICT—

High school in town North Gem High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 7.6 —

Idaho average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Bancroft vs Leadore

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

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A typical home costs $350 more a month in Leadore

What daily life feels like in each

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