Advance vs Ironton

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

Advance and Ironton 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 187 in Ironton). Advance has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $90,313 in Ironton). Advance has the higher median home value ($549,600 vs $232,900 in Ironton).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Ironton
Population	372	187
Median age	62.4 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,438	$90,313
Median home value	$549,600	$232,900
Median gross rent	$1,188	—
Housing units	301	154
Homeownership rate	92.8%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Ironton
Population	391 → 372 (-4.9%)	114 → 187 (+64.0%)
Median household income	$75,769 → $93,438 (+23.3%)	$44,432 → $90,313 (+103.3%)
Median home value	$326,300 → $549,600 (+68.4%)	$123,200 → $232,900 (+89.0%)

Advance

Population

391372

Median household income

$75,769$93,438

Median home value

$326,300$549,600

Ironton

Population

114187

Median household income

$44,432$90,313

Median home value

$123,200$232,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Ironton
Under 5	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	2.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	2.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	34.9%	4.8%
65 to 74	25.3%	29.4%
75 and over	12.4%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Ironton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Ironton
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Ironton
Drove alone	63.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	6.5%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	16.9%
Other means	15.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Ironton
1-unit, detached	85.7%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Ironton
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.4%
Average household size	1.91	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1993	1967