Advance vs East Jordan

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

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

East Jordan has the higher population (1,776 vs 372 in Advance). Advance has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $53,929 in East Jordan). Advance has the higher median home value ($549,600 vs $125,100 in East Jordan).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	East Jordan
Population	372	1,776
Median age	62.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,438	$53,929
Median home value	$549,600	$125,100
Median gross rent	$1,188	$647
Housing units	301	1,123
Homeownership rate	92.8%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	East Jordan
Population	391 → 372 (-4.9%)	2,261 → 1,776 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$75,769 → $93,438 (+23.3%)	$40,066 → $53,929 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$326,300 → $549,600 (+68.4%)	$81,200 → $125,100 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$573 → $647 (+12.9%)

Advance

Population

391372

Median household income

$75,769$93,438

Median home value

$326,300$549,600

East Jordan

Population

2,2611,776

Median household income

$40,066$53,929

Median home value

$81,200$125,100

Median gross rent

$573$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	East Jordan
Under 5	0.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	3.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	2.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	5.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	2.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	34.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	25.3%	14.6%
75 and over	12.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	East Jordan
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	East Jordan
No high school diploma	2.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	9.2%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	East Jordan
Drove alone	63.4%	65.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	28.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	2.3%
Other means	15.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	East Jordan
1-unit, detached	85.7%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Advance	East Jordan
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.8%
Average household size	1.91	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1993	1974