Raisin Valley Friends Meetinghouse · Photo: Notorious4life · Public domainAdrian Township has lower unemployment (0.5%) than 97% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 26 minutes each way, where Michigan has 24 and the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Adrian Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 6% work in Adrian Township; the top destination outside it is Adrian (24%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Adrian Township stands out on work
A lot of Adrian Township works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Adrian Township: Adrian (24%), Madison Township (7%) and Raisin Township (4%). Next door ↓
Nearly all the work in Adrian Township is services
90% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 5% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
Jobs & income in Adrian Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Adrian Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #170 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Adrian Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Adrian Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Services make up most of the work in Adrian Township
1,120 jobs are based in Adrian Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Adrian Township, 2011 → 2021: 869 → 1,120. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adrian Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Adrian Township
On a workday 2,328 residents head out to work, 159 work right here, and 961 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Adrian Township on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Out of Adrian Township to work: where people go
Where Adrian Township clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Time on the road from Adrian Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Adrian Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,129 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Adrian Township
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Adrian Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Adrian Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #333 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Adrian Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,428 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Adrian Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Adrian Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Adrian Township is 862nd of 3,349 U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 860 | Siesta Key FL | 5,525 | $116K | 7.2% | 4.0% | 10% | A− |
| 861 | Whitehouse OH | 5,073 | $93K | 10.8% | 1.7% | 6% | A− |
| 862 | Adrian Township MI | 6,322 | $91K | 7.3% | 0.5% | 6% | A− |
| 863 | Harvest AL | 5,955 | $102K | 11.3% | 1.7% | 1% | A− |
| 864 | Cotati CA | 7,347 | $111K | 8.2% | 3.6% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Adrian Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 35% of Adrian Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Adrian Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Township | – | A− | C+ | 26 min | $90,879 |
| Adrian | 24% | C− | A | 22 min | $50,209 |
| Madison Township | 7% | C | C | 25 min | $69,643 |
| Rome Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 34 min | $83,929 |
| Raisin Township | 4% | B | C+ | 29 min | $95,766 |
| Dover Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 32 min | $73,889 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 38 min | $90,221 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Adrian. Darker towns draw more of Adrian Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Adrian Township: questions
What is the median household income in Adrian Township?
$90,879 (±$9,788) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Adrian Township?
7.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Adrian Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Adrian Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (24%, 4 mi), Madison Township (7%, 7 mi), Raisin Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Adrian Township walkable?
Adrian Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Adrian Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Adrian Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Adrian Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.