Advance vs Farmington

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

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

Advance has the higher population (1,544 vs 174 in Farmington). Advance has the higher median household income ($109,402 vs $28,750 in Farmington). Advance has the higher median home value ($358,500 vs $169,000 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Farmington
Population	1,544	174
Median age	39.2 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,402	$28,750
Median home value	$358,500	$169,000
Median gross rent	$865	—
Housing units	620	82
Homeownership rate	81.8%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	29.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Farmington
Population	1,158 → 1,544 (+33.3%)	368 → 174 (-52.7%)
Median household income	$81,250 → $109,402 (+34.6%)	$71,141 → $28,750 (-59.6%)
Median home value	$245,000 → $358,500 (+46.3%)	$211,800 → $169,000 (-20.2%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $865 (+2.6%)	—

Advance

Population

1,1581,544

Median household income

$81,250$109,402

Median home value

$245,000$358,500

Median gross rent

$843$865

Farmington

Population

368174

Median household income

$71,141$28,750

Median home value

$211,800$169,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Farmington
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	19.5%
25 to 34	5.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	34.5%
55 to 64	16.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.9%
75 and over	2.1%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	9.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Farmington
No high school diploma	0.0%	38.7%
High school graduate	27.9%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Farmington
Drove alone	81.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Farmington
1-unit, detached	93.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Farmington
Poverty rate	5.6%	23.6%
Average household size	3.12	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	34	14
Median year structure built	1997	1948