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Bancroft’s story
Bancroft in pictures
12 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.
BancroftNE
A town of 593.
Photo: Ammodramus · Public domain
Population
593
residents
Median home value
$123K
Census ACS
Household income
$51K
median
Median age
37.8
years
Jobs based here
132
A commuter town
Small town
593 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bancroft. Another town gets a different order.
Natural hazards
High risk, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 79% of U.S. communities.
79risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingHailDrought
2
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Work & commute
Most working residents commute out of Bancroft
Most working residents leave Bancroft for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are West Point (9%), Pender (9%) and Beemer (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
9%work in town
Where working residents work
In Bancroft9%
West Point9%
Pender9%
Beemer6%
Omaha5%
14 mi
median commute distance
132
jobs based in Bancroft
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate
Four seasons, pleasant summers
Bancroft has cold winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 12°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
28″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter14–33°
Spring37–60°
Summer61–83°
Fall39–62°
Oct 12
typical first frost
Apr 28
typical last frost
+0.9°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health
How healthy Bancroft is
Bancroft beats the Nebraska average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
32 measures vs. Nebraska
0 better30 too close to call2 worse
| What stands out | Bancroft | NE |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with heart disease | 7.2% | 6.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.3% |
Pender Community Hospital
10.7 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors
0% of Bancroft is conserved land
0.0 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.
0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 236 acres
0.0 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bancroft Park | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
A commuter town
91% of working residents leave Bancroft for work
Where Bancroft’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
132jobs based in Bancroft
9%of working residents work in town
14 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
About Bancroft
Village in Nebraska, United States
Bancroft is a village in Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 496 as of the 2020 census. John Neihardt, who later became Nebraska's poet laureate, lived in Bancroft for twenty years and wrote many of his works there. His study is preserved at the John G. Neihardt State Historic Site in the village.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Population
- 496
- Area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,339 ft
- ZIP code
- 68004
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