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%

Leadore$2,590/mo

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

Bancroft$2,240/mo

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

LeadoreBancroft

Snow a year—45″

January low—15°F

July high—87°F

Growing season (days)—121d

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

Outdoors & history

LeadoreBancroft

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—0%

Archive photos5 1

Famous people born here—1

Community

LeadoreBancroft

Library hours a week22 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.

LeadoreID BancroftID

Leadore ↔ Bancroft154 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

LeadoreBancroft

People

Population 135Lowest 250Highest

Median age 50±16.1Highest 34% above ID 48.6±38.4Lowest 30% 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 20%±19.2Highest ID: 24.1% 6.8%±12.5Lowest 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+ 27.4%±25.8Highest ID: 17% 25.2%±5.5Lowest 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+ 12.6%Highest ID: 31.8% 10.3%Lowest ID: 31.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±12.6Lowest ID: 6.3% 0.4%±4.9Highest 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 $30,568±$4kLowest 61% below ID $78,281±$38kHighest about the ID average

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 0%±100Lowest ID: 46.9% 28.6%±100Highest 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 25.2%Highest ID: 10.6% 1.2%Lowest ID: 10.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 20.8%±27.8Highest ID: 13.3% 0%±9.5Lowest 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 6.9%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 43.3 miHighest 18.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BancroftFew work in Leadore

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.9%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

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

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

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.

Leadore vs Bancroft

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

154 miles apart

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