Advance vs Bernie

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

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

Bernie has the higher population (1,772 vs 1,549 in Advance). Advance has the higher median household income ($51,583 vs $45,223 in Bernie). Advance has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $90,800 in Bernie).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Bernie
Population	1,549	1,772
Median age	39.7 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,583	$45,223
Median home value	$130,100	$90,800
Median gross rent	$689	$757
Housing units	822	770
Homeownership rate	75.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Bernie
Population	1,363 → 1,549 (+13.6%)	1,848 → 1,772 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$29,353 → $51,583 (+75.7%)	$35,813 → $45,223 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $130,100 (+43.3%)	$68,000 → $90,800 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $689 (+19.8%)	$603 → $757 (+25.5%)

Advance

Population

1,3631,549

Median household income

$29,353$51,583

Median home value

$90,800$130,100

Median gross rent

$575$689

Bernie

Population

1,8481,772

Median household income

$35,813$45,223

Median home value

$68,000$90,800

Median gross rent

$603$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Bernie
Under 5	8.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	16.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	16.5%
75 and over	11.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Bernie
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Bernie
No high school diploma	14.2%	25.2%
High school graduate	43.1%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Bernie
Drove alone	84.9%	84.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Bernie
1-unit, detached	80.5%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Bernie
Poverty rate	16.2%	26.3%
Average household size	2.03	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1976	1974