Work & commute · Adrian

Work & commute in Adrian, MI

Most working residents leave Adrian for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Adrian (24%), Madison (7%) and Raisin (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

159 of 2,487 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,328 Adrian residents head out of town to work, 159 work right here, and 961 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adrian.

2,328live here, work elsewhere

159live and work here

961work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adrian goes to work

Adrian3.8 mi away

24%604

Madison6.6 mi away

7%171

Adrian (in town)right here

6%159

Raisin6.7 mi away

4%104

Tecumseh7.8 mi away

4%103

Ann Arbor28.7 mi away

4%97

Toledo, OH32.1 mi away

2%46

Jackson26.5 mi away

2%38

Ann Arbor32.5 mi away

1%36

Saline21.8 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,097

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Adrian commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%

11%

24%

19%

47%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adrian is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Adrian are

1,120 jobs are based in Adrian. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adrian’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Adrian

1,120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Adrian residents hold

2,487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+29%

Jobs based in Adrian, 2011 → 2021: 869 → 1,120. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.