City · Bates County, Missouri

Adrian, Missouri

Adrian is a city in Bates County, Missouri, part of the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area. It has 1,857 residents. Adrian, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 33 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,470 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #251 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), voter turnout (high) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on violent crime rate (high), average weekly wage (low) and primary care physicians (low).

33Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,470 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #251 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,857 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,109.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 2900244

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety16#13,210/15,637
Economy29#11,132/15,631
Housing97#417/14,977
Health21#12,257/15,609
Healthcare7#14,570/15,650
Environment58#6,555/15,453
Education52#7,507/15,649
Infrastructure24#11,856/15,650
Community61#6,087/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,102/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Adrian, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Bates County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low95 min
97/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBates County value
Voter turnout · high80.9%
96/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionBates County value
Job growth · high2.8%
93/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataBates County value
Students per teacher · low11.3×
92/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsBates County value
Rent as share of income · low19.3%
91/100Missouri 28.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
High school diploma or higher · high93.4%
88/100Missouri 91.8%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Violent crime rate · high662 /100k
3/100Missouri 418 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationBates County value
Average weekly wage · low$858
3/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBates County value
Primary care physicians · low19 /100k
4/100Missouri 72 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBates County value
Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
5/100Missouri 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBates County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Missouri 9.4United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBates County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low42.4%
7/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBates County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.9 /1k (2021) → 9.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+934%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
32.2% (2015-2019) → 8.4% (2020-2024)
−24 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+44%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
45.9% (2015-2019) → 37.2% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
27.8% (2015-2019) → 19.3% (2020-2024)
−8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Unemployment rateWorsening
3.1% (2015-2019) → 10.7% (2020-2024)
+7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Adrian, Missouri improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined2

Unemployment+7.6 points3.1% → 10.7%
Price / income+0.9×2.1× → 3.0×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Adrian, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.7 min2015-2019	26.7 min2020-2024	−5.0 min	Within the margin of error	90%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%2015-2019	12.8%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Broadband subscriptions	78.1%2015-2019	83.0%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Effective property tax rate	0.69%2015-2019	0.66%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	21%
High school diploma or higher	86.5%2015-2019	93.4%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	26%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4172015-2019	0.3962020-2024	−0.021	Within the margin of error	68%
Median household income	$48,1942015-2019	$52,8292020-2024	+9.6%	Within the margin of error	16%
Poverty rate	17.7%2015-2019	13.8%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Rent as share of income	27.8%2015-2019	19.3%2020-2024	−8.5 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Rent-burdened households	45.9%2015-2019	37.2%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Unemployment rate	3.1%2015-2019	10.7%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Declined	1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.7%2015-2019	13.3%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	28%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Adrian, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Adrian, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Adrian, Missouri itself moved +4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,857 residents (±273)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

793 households (±106)

Adrian, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k25%†200
$25k–50k23%†180
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

793 households (±106)

Adrian, Missouri
Missouri share

Own64%510
Rent36%283

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

692 workers (±137)

Adrian, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone82%564
Carpool7.1%†49
Public transit0.4%†3

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Kansas City, MO-KS

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Bates County, the county holding most of Adrian's residents.

Bates County has 344 employer establishments, 212 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Missouri's), with 2,738 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,519. The Census Bureau also counts 1,267 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 344; 1,267 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 212; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 2,738
Average annual pay: $41,519; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Bates County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	30	18.5	1.19×About typical	129	$54,953	165
Restaurants and other eating places	22	13.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	311	$17,434	8
Religious organizations	18	11.1	2.00×More than typical	52	$18,942	—
Ambulatory health care services	17	10.5	0.50×Fewer than typical	146	$39,623	21
Truck transportation	17	10.5	2.07×More than typical	69	$71,130	63
Limited-service restaurants	13	8	1.00×About typical	239	$16,862	—
Gasoline stations	12	7.4	2.28×More than typical	117	$25,462	—
Banks and credit unions	10	6.2	1.90×More than typical	86	$50,163	—
Construction of buildings	10	6.2	0.81×About typical	16	$39,250	69
Insurance agencies and brokerages	10	6.2	1.40×More than typical	28	$60,429	13
Lessors of real estate	10	6.2	0.50×Fewer than typical	27	$66,778	88
Other specialty trade contractors	10	6.2	2.45×More than typical	36	$63,611	62

Rank places for an industry Open Bates County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,259 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Adrian, Missouri: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2018
0FY2019

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Adrian, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Adrian, Missouri's figures are part of those of Bates County, MO ($12.7K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Adrian is mostly in Bates County.

See federal money in Bates County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Adrian, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mark AlfordR-MO-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Bates County26100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Kansas City, MO-KS73

Other cities and towns in Bates County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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