Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety81#173/924
Economy54#426/925
Housing55#416/925
Health55#414/925
Healthcare54#429/923
Environment17#763/917
Education45#509/925
Infrastructure43#530/925
Community78#202/925
Leisure & amenities21#727/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Adrian, MI micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.411
94/100Michigan 0.465United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
93/100Michigan 4.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · low11.3 /100k
93/100Michigan 14.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · low21.2%
91/100Michigan 25.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Firearm deaths · low9.3 /100k
88/100Michigan 12.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Public libraries · high1.3 /10k
85/100Michigan 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low21 /100k
2/100Michigan 81 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Depression · high29.0%
7/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Average commute time · high27.6 min
10/100Michigan 24.2 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
11/100Michigan 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Unemployment rate · high5.2%
15/100Michigan 5.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.5 /10k
16/100Michigan 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Homicide rateImproving
3.9 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Child care cost burdenImproving
39.3% (2020 & 2021) → 21.2% (2023 & 2024)
−18 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New business applicationsImproving
5.5 /1k (2020) → 9.1 /1k (2025)
+64%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drought exposureImproving
30% (2021) → 17% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−12 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
27.2 /100k (2021) → 12.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−55%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
61.5% (2010 & 2021) → 71.8% (2022 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

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, MI micropolitan area improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 8 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Suicides−46%21.1 /100k → 11.3 /100k
Homicides−100%3.6 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Restaurants+13%7.1 /10k → 8.1 /10k
Firearm deaths−29%13.1 /100k → 9.3 /100k
New businesses+64%5.5 /1k → 9.1 /1k

Declined4

Traffic deaths+39%12.6 /100k → 17.5 /100k
Gyms−15%0.6 /10k → 0.5 /10k
Grocery stores−8.6%1.0 /10k → 0.9 /10k
Price / income+0.3×2.5× → 2.8×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Adrian, MI micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.9 /10k2020	3.4 /10k2025	+16%	Improved	67%
Average commute time	27.2 min2015-2019	27.6 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	51%
Average weekly wage	$9032020	$1,0722025	+19%	Improved	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Improved	25%
Broadband subscriptions	81.6%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Improved	38%
Child poverty rate	15.4%2015-2019	13.6%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Distance to an airport	41 mi2020	41 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	21.1 /100k2020	12.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−42%	Improved	72%
Effective property tax rate	1.35%2015-2019	1.15%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	75%
Firearm deaths	13.1 /100k2020	9.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−29%	Improved	91%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−8.6%	Declined	26%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−15%	Declined	21%
High school diploma or higher	90.9%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	72%
Homicide rate	3.6 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,2642019	$59,6022024	+32%	Improved	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4172015-2019	0.4112020-2024	−0.006	Within the margin of error	72%
Median household income	$55,4502015-2019	$70,5182020-2024	+27%	Improved	51%
New business applications	5.5 /1k2020	9.1 /1k2025	+64%	Improved	75%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+1.6%	Little change	77%
Poverty rate	11.4%2015-2019	10.7%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Property crime rate	1,067 /100k2020	725 /100k2025	−32%	Improved	46%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	+0.7%	Little change	69%
Rent as share of income	27.4%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent-burdened households	43.2%2015-2019	46.8%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Restaurants and bars	7.1 /10k2020	8.1 /10k2025	+13%	Improved	85%
Suicide rate	21.1 /100k2020	11.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−46%	Improved	98%
Traffic deaths	12.6 /100k2015-2019	17.5 /100k2020-2024	+39%	Declined	11%
Unemployment rate	9.1%2020	5.2%2025	−3.9 points	Improved	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.9%2015-2019	6.3%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Violent crime rate	271 /100k2020	249 /100k2025	−8.1%	Improved	38%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Adrian, MI micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Adrian, MI micropolitan area 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, MI micropolitan area itself moved +3.2 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

98,415 residents

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

38,871 households (±467)

Adrian, MI micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k14%5,624
$25k–50k19%7,439
$50k–75k20%7,824

Homes

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

Owners and renters

38,871 households (±467)

Adrian, MI micropolitan area
United States share

Own80%30,924
Rent20%7,947

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.0 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

43,563 workers (±883)

Adrian, MI micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone79%34,430
Carpool7.8%3,418
Public transit0.3%†125

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 no occupation wages for Adrian, MI micropolitan area.

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.

Adrian, MI has 1,808 employer establishments, 185 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248), with 23,238 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,318. The Census Bureau also counts 6,216 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,808; 6,216 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 185; US 248
Paid employees: 23,238
Average annual pay: $45,318; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	157	16.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,310	$60,418	235
Restaurants and other eating places	147	15	0.82×About typical	2,552	$18,501	20
Specialty trade contractors	107	11	0.71×Fewer than typical	480	$66,973	493
Construction of buildings	82	8.4	1.11×About typical	280	$55,014	310
Religious organizations	79	8.1	1.46×More than typical	711	$34,069	—
Full-service restaurants	71	7.3	0.95×About typical	972	$20,240	11
Limited-service restaurants	64	6.5	0.82×About typical	1,500	$17,190	8
Services to buildings and dwellings	61	6.2	0.93×About typical	287	$35,418	464
Lessors of real estate	59	6	0.49×Fewer than typical	171	$53,860	571
Offices of other health practitioners	56	5.7	0.94×About typical	272	$43,658	143
Automotive repair and maintenance	51	5.2	1.04×About typical	179	$49,615	97
Insurance agencies and brokerages	45	4.6	1.05×About typical	223	$100,233	103

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 97,710 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $22.5M on contracts performed in Adrian, MI micropolitan area: $230 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $22.5M; +9,012% vs FY2025
Per resident: $230; US $1,994
Sole-source: 99%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; 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

Department of the Air Force$22.2M99%
Department of Veterans Affairs$220.8K

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $685.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Adrian, MI micropolitan area: $7,013 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $685.7M; −5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,013; US $12,955
Loan face value: $19.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$475.3M69%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$65.2M9.5%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$50.9M7.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$40.5M5.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$13.7M2.0%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$7.6M1.1%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$4.4M0.6%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$4.2M0.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF$12.5M1.8%
LANSING, MI
ADRIAN COLLEGE$3.5M0.5%
ADRIAN, MI
MAPLE VILLAGE$1M0.1%
ADRIAN, MI
SIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY$825.7K0.1%
ADRIAN, MI
SEHI COMPUTER PRODUCTS INC$533.9K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$594.7M87%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$58.3M8.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$12.5M1.8%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$8.6M1.2%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education$4.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

601MFY2021
591.7MFY2022
645.2MFY2023
668.9MFY2024
721.5MFY2025
685.7MFY2026

County aggregates

96%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Adrian, MI

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Lenawee CountyCentral county5597,779

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

AdrianPrincipal city20,395

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Michigan

Areas based in Michigan, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Adrian, MI micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Adrian, MI

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Michigan

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved15

Declined4

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards