Advance vs Charlevoix

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

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

Charlevoix has the higher population (2,420 vs 372 in Advance). Advance has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $52,344 in Charlevoix). Advance has the higher median home value ($549,600 vs $294,400 in Charlevoix).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Charlevoix
Population	372	2,420
Median age	62.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,438	$52,344
Median home value	$549,600	$294,400
Median gross rent	$1,188	$880
Housing units	301	1,973
Homeownership rate	92.8%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Charlevoix
Population	391 → 372 (-4.9%)	2,338 → 2,420 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$75,769 → $93,438 (+23.3%)	$31,885 → $52,344 (+64.2%)
Median home value	$326,300 → $549,600 (+68.4%)	$167,800 → $294,400 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$567 → $880 (+55.2%)

Advance

Population

391372

Median household income

$75,769$93,438

Median home value

$326,300$549,600

Charlevoix

Population

2,3382,420

Median household income

$31,885$52,344

Median home value

$167,800$294,400

Median gross rent

$567$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Charlevoix
Under 5	0.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	3.5%	12.1%
18 to 24	2.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	5.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	2.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	34.9%	16.9%
65 to 74	25.3%	11.5%
75 and over	12.4%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Charlevoix
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Charlevoix
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	9.2%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Charlevoix
Drove alone	63.4%	72.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	3.5%	9.4%
Bicycle	2.3%	3.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.3%
Other means	15.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Charlevoix
1-unit, detached	85.7%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Charlevoix
Poverty rate	6.7%	25.7%
Average household size	1.91	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1993	1964