Work & commute · Adrian

Work & commute in Adrian, MI

About one in 4 of Adrian’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Madison (6%), Tecumseh (4%) and Ann Arbor (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

1,748 of 6,869 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,121 Adrian residents head out of town to work, 1,748 work right here, and 7,302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adrian.

5,121live here, work elsewhere

1,748live and work here

7,302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adrian goes to work

Adrian (in town)right here

25%1,748

Madison3.5 mi away

6%404

Tecumseh9 mi away

4%300

Ann Arbor30.6 mi away

4%280

Raisin6.1 mi away

3%230

Adrian3.8 mi away

3%202

Toledo, OH28.8 mi away

2%133

Jackson30.1 mi away

2%130

Troy66 mi away

2%128

Sharon21.4 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,230

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.

42%

10%

25%

23%

42%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adrian is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Adrian are

9,050 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

9,050 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Adrian residents hold

6,869 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−14%

Jobs based in Adrian, 2011 → 2021: 10,570 → 9,050. 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.