Advance vs Boyne Falls

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

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

Advance has the higher population (372 vs 315 in Boyne Falls). Advance has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $46,250 in Boyne Falls). Advance has the higher median home value ($549,600 vs $160,400 in Boyne Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Boyne Falls
Population	372	315
Median age	62.4 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,438	$46,250
Median home value	$549,600	$160,400
Median gross rent	$1,188	$821
Housing units	301	189
Homeownership rate	92.8%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Boyne Falls
Population	391 → 372 (-4.9%)	404 → 315 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$75,769 → $93,438 (+23.3%)	$40,833 → $46,250 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$326,300 → $549,600 (+68.4%)	$105,800 → $160,400 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$725 → $821 (+13.2%)

Advance

Population

391372

Median household income

$75,769$93,438

Median home value

$326,300$549,600

Boyne Falls

Population

404315

Median household income

$40,833$46,250

Median home value

$105,800$160,400

Median gross rent

$725$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Boyne Falls
Under 5	0.8%	10.5%
5 to 17	3.5%	5.7%
18 to 24	2.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.9%	18.7%
35 to 44	2.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	34.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	25.3%	8.9%
75 and over	12.4%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Boyne Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Boyne Falls
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	9.2%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Boyne Falls
Drove alone	63.4%	84.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	12.4%
Other means	15.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Boyne Falls
1-unit, detached	85.7%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Boyne Falls
Poverty rate	6.7%	15.6%
Average household size	1.91	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1993	1961