Advance vs Boyne City

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

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

Boyne City has the higher population (3,829 vs 372 in Advance). Advance has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $68,087 in Boyne City). Advance has the higher median home value ($549,600 vs $233,900 in Boyne City).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Boyne City
Population	372	3,829
Median age	62.4 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,438	$68,087
Median home value	$549,600	$233,900
Median gross rent	$1,188	$893
Housing units	301	2,285
Homeownership rate	92.8%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Boyne City
Population	391 → 372 (-4.9%)	3,729 → 3,829 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$75,769 → $93,438 (+23.3%)	$52,604 → $68,087 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$326,300 → $549,600 (+68.4%)	$147,500 → $233,900 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$737 → $893 (+21.2%)

Advance

Population

391372

Median household income

$75,769$93,438

Median home value

$326,300$549,600

Boyne City

Population

3,7293,829

Median household income

$52,604$68,087

Median home value

$147,500$233,900

Median gross rent

$737$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Boyne City
Under 5	0.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	3.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	2.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	5.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	2.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	34.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	25.3%	14.9%
75 and over	12.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Boyne City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Boyne City
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	9.2%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Boyne City
Drove alone	63.4%	73.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.0%	13.4%
Other means	15.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Boyne City
1-unit, detached	85.7%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Boyne City
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.5%
Average household size	1.91	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1993	1978