Advance vs Bell City

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

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

Advance has the higher population (1,549 vs 554 in Bell City). Advance has the higher median household income ($51,583 vs $31,058 in Bell City). Advance has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $50,000 in Bell City).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Bell City
Population	1,549	554
Median age	39.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,583	$31,058
Median home value	$130,100	$50,000
Median gross rent	$689	$367
Housing units	822	236
Homeownership rate	75.6%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	27.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Bell City
Population	1,363 → 1,549 (+13.6%)	489 → 554 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$29,353 → $51,583 (+75.7%)	$28,333 → $31,058 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $130,100 (+43.3%)	$41,800 → $50,000 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $689 (+19.8%)	$525 → $367 (-30.1%)

Advance

Population

1,3631,549

Median household income

$29,353$51,583

Median home value

$90,800$130,100

Median gross rent

$575$689

Bell City

Population

489554

Median household income

$28,333$31,058

Median home value

$41,800$50,000

Median gross rent

$525$367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Bell City
Under 5	8.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	20.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	17.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.9%
75 and over	11.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Bell City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.0%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Bell City
No high school diploma	14.2%	21.4%
High school graduate	43.1%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Bell City
Drove alone	84.9%	73.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Bell City
1-unit, detached	80.5%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Bell City
Poverty rate	16.2%	30.7%
Average household size	2.03	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1976	1980