Advance vs Walloon Lake

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

Advance and Walloon Lake 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 258 in Walloon Lake). Advance has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $84,250 in Walloon Lake). Advance has the higher median home value ($549,600 vs $260,000 in Walloon Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Walloon Lake
Population	372	258
Median age	62.4 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,438	$84,250
Median home value	$549,600	$260,000
Median gross rent	$1,188	—
Housing units	301	190
Homeownership rate	92.8%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Walloon Lake
Population	391 → 372 (-4.9%)	224 → 258 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$75,769 → $93,438 (+23.3%)	$66,154 → $84,250 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$326,300 → $549,600 (+68.4%)	$166,700 → $260,000 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $1,307 (+30.7%)

Advance

Population

391372

Median household income

$75,769$93,438

Median home value

$326,300$549,600

Walloon Lake

Population

224258

Median household income

$66,154$84,250

Median home value

$166,700$260,000

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Walloon Lake
Under 5	0.8%	0.8%
5 to 17	3.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	2.4%	0.8%
25 to 34	5.9%	6.2%
35 to 44	2.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	20.5%
55 to 64	34.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	25.3%	14.7%
75 and over	12.4%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Walloon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	95.0%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Walloon Lake
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.2%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Walloon Lake
Drove alone	63.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	3.5%
Other means	15.1%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Walloon Lake
1-unit, detached	85.7%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Walloon Lake
Poverty rate	6.7%	3.1%
Average household size	1.91	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1993	1982