Advance vs Dexter

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

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

Dexter has the higher population (7,906 vs 1,549 in Advance). Advance has the higher median household income ($51,583 vs $47,647 in Dexter). Dexter has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $130,100 in Advance).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Dexter
Population	1,549	7,906
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,583	$47,647
Median home value	$130,100	$132,700
Median gross rent	$689	$717
Housing units	822	3,758
Homeownership rate	75.6%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Dexter
Population	1,363 → 1,549 (+13.6%)	7,862 → 7,906 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$29,353 → $51,583 (+75.7%)	$35,551 → $47,647 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $130,100 (+43.3%)	$88,000 → $132,700 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $689 (+19.8%)	$619 → $717 (+15.8%)

Advance

Population

1,3631,549

Median household income

$29,353$51,583

Median home value

$90,800$130,100

Median gross rent

$575$689

Dexter

Population

7,8627,906

Median household income

$35,551$47,647

Median home value

$88,000$132,700

Median gross rent

$619$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Dexter
Under 5	8.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.1%
75 and over	11.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Dexter
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Dexter
No high school diploma	14.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	43.1%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Dexter
Drove alone	84.9%	88.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.7%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Dexter
1-unit, detached	80.5%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Dexter
Poverty rate	16.2%	23.8%
Average household size	2.03	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1976	1970