Advance vs Jamestown

A side-by-side comparison of Advance and Jamestown: population, income, housing, and more.

Advance and Jamestown are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jamestown has the higher population (1,225 vs 418 in Advance). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($70,083 vs $65,000 in Advance). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($180,400 vs $164,800 in Advance).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Jamestown
Population	418	1,225
Median age	47.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$70,083
Median home value	$164,800	$180,400
Median gross rent	$1,014	$941
Housing units	208	493
Homeownership rate	83.5%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Jamestown
Population	458 → 418 (-8.7%)	989 → 1,225 (+23.9%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $65,000 (+20.0%)	$57,500 → $70,083 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $164,800 (+66.8%)	$118,800 → $180,400 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,014 (+14.2%)	$923 → $941 (+2.0%)

Advance

Population

458418

Median household income

$54,167$65,000

Median home value

$98,800$164,800

Median gross rent

$888$1,014

Jamestown

Population

9891,225

Median household income

$57,500$70,083

Median home value

$118,800$180,400

Median gross rent

$923$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Jamestown
Under 5	4.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	13.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	22.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.8%
75 and over	6.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Jamestown
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	33.7%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Jamestown
Drove alone	87.8%	88.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Jamestown
1-unit, detached	84.6%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Jamestown
Poverty rate	8.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1938	1958