A typical Bancroft home is worth about $271,000
Up 19% in a year, 20% below the Wisconsin typical home.
Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Bancroft?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Up 26.1% in five years
Slower than Wisconsin (31.2%).
Show as a table
| January | Bancroft | Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $169,000 | $180,000 |
| 2018 | $179,000 | $190,000 |
| 2019 | $193,000 | $202,000 |
| 2020 | $201,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $206,000 | $238,000 |
| 2022 | $216,000 | $263,000 |
| 2023 | $226,000 | $282,000 |
| 2024 | $222,000 | $299,000 |
| 2025 | $227,000 | $317,000 |
| 2026 | $261,000 | $333,000 |
| August 2026 | $271,000 | $340,000 |
A typical Bancroft home worth $163K in September 2016 is worth about $271K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 3.5 years of income
Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $6K short of a typical Bancroft home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $870 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bancroft’s typical property tax (1.84% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
88% of Bancroft households own their home
Half of Bancroft’s homes were built before 1980.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $840, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Adams County, WI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Bancroft vs. its neighbors
Bancroft is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft | $271K | +19% | $970 | — | $77,059 |
| Pine Grove | $114K* | — | $970 | 1 | $71,250 |
| Almond | $280K | +17.1% | $1,010 | — | $86,406 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Bancroft buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.