Advance vs Thorntown

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

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

Thorntown has the higher population (1,155 vs 418 in Advance). Thorntown has the higher median household income ($69,875 vs $65,000 in Advance). Thorntown has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $164,800 in Advance).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Thorntown
Population	418	1,155
Median age	47.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$69,875
Median home value	$164,800	$173,400
Median gross rent	$1,014	$871
Housing units	208	495
Homeownership rate	83.5%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Thorntown
Population	458 → 418 (-8.7%)	1,231 → 1,155 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $65,000 (+20.0%)	$50,515 → $69,875 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $164,800 (+66.8%)	$106,800 → $173,400 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,014 (+14.2%)	$791 → $871 (+10.1%)

Advance

Population

458418

Median household income

$54,167$65,000

Median home value

$98,800$164,800

Median gross rent

$888$1,014

Thorntown

Population

1,2311,155

Median household income

$50,515$69,875

Median home value

$106,800$173,400

Median gross rent

$791$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Thorntown
Under 5	4.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	24.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	22.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.5%
75 and over	6.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Thorntown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Thorntown
No high school diploma	9.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	33.7%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Thorntown
Drove alone	87.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	3.0%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Thorntown
1-unit, detached	84.6%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Thorntown
Poverty rate	8.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1938	1952