Advance vs Bay Shore

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

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

Bay Shore has the higher population (607 vs 372 in Advance). Advance has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $72,538 in Bay Shore). Advance has the higher median home value ($549,600 vs $116,300 in Bay Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Bay Shore
Population	372	607
Median age	62.4 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,438	$72,538
Median home value	$549,600	$116,300
Median gross rent	$1,188	$1,125
Housing units	301	409
Homeownership rate	92.8%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Bay Shore
Population	391 → 372 (-4.9%)	703 → 607 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$75,769 → $93,438 (+23.3%)	$36,250 → $72,538 (+100.1%)
Median home value	$326,300 → $549,600 (+68.4%)	$128,100 → $116,300 (-9.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,083 → $1,125 (+3.9%)

Advance

Population

391372

Median household income

$75,769$93,438

Median home value

$326,300$549,600

Bay Shore

Population

703607

Median household income

$36,250$72,538

Median home value

$128,100$116,300

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Bay Shore
Under 5	0.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	3.5%	8.4%
18 to 24	2.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	2.4%	7.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	25.0%
55 to 64	34.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	25.3%	17.5%
75 and over	12.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Bay Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Bay Shore
No high school diploma	2.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	9.2%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Bay Shore
Drove alone	63.4%	54.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	40.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	5.1%
Other means	15.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Bay Shore
1-unit, detached	85.7%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	55.5%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Bay Shore
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.5%
Average household size	1.91	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1993	1992