Advance is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,499 people and four associated neighborhoods, Advance is the 348th largest community in North Carolina.Advance is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Advance is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Advance who work in office and administrative support (26.45%), healthcare (15.16%), and management occupations (9.96%). Of important note, Advance is also a town of artists. Advance has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Advance’s character. Because of many things, Advance is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Advance really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Advance perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One downside of living in Advance, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.73 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Advance does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Advance who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.69% of adults in Advance have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Advance in 2022 was $29,995, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,980 for a family of four. However, Advance contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Advance is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Advance home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Advance residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Advance include Irish, Scots-Irish, English, German, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Advance is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
