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$540/mo

Typical home $95K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.60% · or rent about $842/mo · Housing →

Pullman$500/mo

Typical home $79K (Census) · tax rate 1.33% · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

BancroftPullman

Snow a year11″23″

January low24°F 21°F

July high87°F 85°F

Growing season (days)193d 176d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)96th 85th

Outdoors & history

BancroftPullman

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land3.5%—

Settled—1883

Community

BancroftPullman

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

67 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BancroftWV PullmanWV

Bancroft ↔ Pullman67 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 West Virginia average

BancroftPullman

People

Population 475Highest 286Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -34.1% —

Median age 31.3±17.5Lowest 27% below WV 35.9±7.9Highest 16% below WV

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

Kids under 18 14.1%±5Highest WV: 20% 9.8%±8Lowest WV: 20%

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

Age 65+ 16.8%±9.6Lowest WV: 21% 28.7%±12.4Highest WV: 21%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 4.6%Highest WV: 24.1% 0%Lowest WV: 24.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.6%±2.9Highest WV: 5.1% 0%±6.4Lowest WV: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $94,375±$43kHighest 58% above WV $53,618±$22kLowest 10% below WV

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $116,400±$38kHighest 28% below WV $78,600±$57kLowest 52% below WV

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $842±$76 3% below WV —

Property taxmedian, yearly $694Lowest 20% below WV $1,042Highest 20% above WV

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.9%±40.5Lowest WV: 48.9% 100%±100Highest WV: 48.9%

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

Below poverty line 10.9%Highest WV: 16.7% 10.1%Lowest WV: 16.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.7%Highest WV: 74.9% 70.1%Lowest WV: 74.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1967Lowest 9 yrs older than WV 1978Highest 2 yrs newer than WV

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest about the WV average 27 minHighest about the WV average

Work from home 2.7%±3.4Lowest WV: 9.1% 41.1%±49Highest WV: 9.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.19Highest 0.06Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Charleston (13%)Harrisville (13%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 174Highest 45.5Lowest

West Virginia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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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 Pullman

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

67 miles apart

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