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 →

Onaway$1,360/mo

Typical home $242K (Census) · tax rate 0.43% · Housing →

The difference: $890 a month, about $10,600 a year, between Bancroft and Onaway.

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.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Idaho ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

ABancroftBetter than 88% of districts in the state –OnawayNot graded

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

BancroftOnaway

Snow a year45″41″

January low15°F 26°F

July high87°F 82°F

Growing season (days)121d 126d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)64th 51st

Outdoors & history

BancroftOnaway

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Archive photos1 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

BancroftOnaway

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

380 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BancroftID OnawayID

Bancroft ↔ Onaway380 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

BancroftOnaway

People

Population 250Lowest 263Highest

Median age 48.6±38.4Highest 30% above ID 45.3±19.5Lowest 21% above ID

Bancroft and Onaway 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% 19%±8.4Highest ID: 24.1%

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

Age 65+ 25.2%±5.5Highest ID: 17% 21.7%±10.2Lowest ID: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.3%Highest ID: 31.8% 9.9%Lowest ID: 31.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.4%±4.9Lowest ID: 6.3% 4.2%±7.1Highest ID: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $78,281±$38kLowest about the ID average $78,750±$74kHighest about the ID average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $164,200±$14kLowest 61% below ID $242,300±$82kHighest 42% below ID

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

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,713Highest 16% below ID $1,039Lowest 49% below ID

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

Bancroft and Onaway 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% 15.2%Highest ID: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.6%Highest ID: 72.1% 77%Lowest ID: 72.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 53 yrs older than ID 1975Highest 16 yrs older than ID

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest 32% above ID 33 minHighest 54% above ID

Work from home 0%±9.5Lowest ID: 13.3% 8.1%±8.1Highest ID: 13.3%

Onaway 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%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 mi 18.8 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Highest 0.14Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Soda Springs (32%)Pullman (23%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

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 103Lowest 127Highest

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 Onaway

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $890 more a month in Bancroft

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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