Advance vs Puxico

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

Advance and Puxico 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 918 in Puxico). Puxico has the higher median household income ($57,625 vs $51,583 in Advance). Advance has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $86,400 in Puxico).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Puxico
Population	1,549	918
Median age	39.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,583	$57,625
Median home value	$130,100	$86,400
Median gross rent	$689	$652
Housing units	822	401
Homeownership rate	75.6%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Puxico
Population	1,363 → 1,549 (+13.6%)	986 → 918 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$29,353 → $51,583 (+75.7%)	$41,667 → $57,625 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $130,100 (+43.3%)	$72,700 → $86,400 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $689 (+19.8%)	$635 → $652 (+2.7%)

Advance

Population

1,3631,549

Median household income

$29,353$51,583

Median home value

$90,800$130,100

Median gross rent

$575$689

Puxico

Population

986918

Median household income

$41,667$57,625

Median home value

$72,700$86,400

Median gross rent

$635$652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Puxico
Under 5	8.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	19.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.3%
75 and over	11.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Puxico
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Puxico
No high school diploma	14.2%	14.5%
High school graduate	43.1%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Puxico
Drove alone	84.9%	91.7%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Puxico
1-unit, detached	80.5%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Puxico
Poverty rate	16.2%	14.4%
Average household size	2.03	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1976	1972