Advance vs St. James

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

Advance and St. James 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 259 in St. James). Advance has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $82,708 in St. James). Advance has the higher median home value ($549,600 vs $275,000 in St. James).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	St. James
Population	372	259
Median age	62.4 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,438	$82,708
Median home value	$549,600	$275,000
Median gross rent	$1,188	$925
Housing units	301	246
Homeownership rate	92.8%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	St. James
Population	391 → 372 (-4.9%)	171 → 259 (+51.5%)
Median household income	$75,769 → $93,438 (+23.3%)	$45,625 → $82,708 (+81.3%)
Median home value	$326,300 → $549,600 (+68.4%)	$227,800 → $275,000 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$817 → $925 (+13.2%)

Advance

Population

391372

Median household income

$75,769$93,438

Median home value

$326,300$549,600

St. James

Population

171259

Median household income

$45,625$82,708

Median home value

$227,800$275,000

Median gross rent

$817$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	St. James
Under 5	0.8%	25.9%
5 to 17	3.5%	2.3%
18 to 24	2.4%	1.2%
25 to 34	5.9%	3.9%
35 to 44	2.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	34.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	25.3%	17.0%
75 and over	12.4%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	St. James
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	St. James
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	9.2%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	St. James
Drove alone	63.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	17.1%
Other means	15.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	St. James
1-unit, detached	85.7%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Advance	St. James
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.1%
Average household size	1.91	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	10
Median year structure built	1993	1966