49221Adrian, Michigan

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 49221.

60out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 48% of 5,298 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity5856th of 6,210 published ZIP areas26
SchoolsTop 43% of 4,422 published ZIP areas57
Growth3277th of 5,428 published ZIP areas44
Housing affordabilityTop 9% of 6,685 published ZIP areas100
Climate5493rd of 6,789 published ZIP areas61
Physical resilienceTop 20% of 6,709 published ZIP areas82
Access4403rd of 6,791 published ZIP areas88
Economic stability5800th of 6,742 published ZIP areas35
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published ZIP profiles: unemployment is 4.8% and the Opportunity signal places 49221 in the bottom 6%.

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles: rent takes 18% of median household income and the median home is 2.6 times it.

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published ZIP profiles, placing 49221 in the top 20% for physical resilience.

At a glance

Population
41,087
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$65,977
Bottom 40% nationally
Density
343/sq mi
119.9 sq mi of land
Median age
41.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Adrian
Michigan
Metro area
Adrian, MI
Nearest major airport
TOL
26 mi · Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express
Median home value
$170,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.8% is lower than 35% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 6.9% over the past year, to 43,514 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$3,984$65,977Bottom 40%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,747$31,437Bottom 32%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate15.5%Top 30%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute25.7 minBottom 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher22.3%Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment43,514Bottom 43%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-6.6%Bottom 1%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-6.9%Bottom 1%June 2026
Labor force45,700Bottom 43%June 2026
Labor force participation52.7%Bottom 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.6%Bottom 14%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.8%Top 35%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202466k52k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $65,977 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Adrian, MI, the city containing this ZIP code.

33% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 46% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 14.7 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
15
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
14.7
across all schools here
Math proficiency
32.8%
Top 41% in Michigan
Reading proficiency
45.9%
Top 49% in Michigan
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Adrian High SchoolAdrian Public Schools80419.6
Madison Elementary SchoolMadison School District (Lenawee)75315.434%46%
Springbrook Middle SchoolAdrian Public Schools61217.037%57%
Alexander Elementary SchoolAdrian Public Schools46818.734%41%
Madison High SchoolMadison School District (Lenawee)43917.6
Madison Middle SchoolMadison School District (Lenawee)38817.647%72%
Sutton Early Learning CenterTecumseh Public Schools33011.4
Lincoln Elementary SchoolAdrian Public Schools28014.728%35%
Michener Elementary SchoolAdrian Public Schools26613.317%19%
Prairie Elementary SchoolAdrian Public Schools18711.715%23%
Milton C Porter Ed CenterLenawee ISD1053.4
JCLISD Academy A Regional Middle CollegeLenawee ISD4611.5

56.3% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Michigan’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $992 takes 18% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.6 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
18.0%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.6×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$992
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$170,400
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income2.58Bottom 33%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate71.1%Bottom 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±41917,187Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$40$992Bottom 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$5,043$170,400Bottom 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income18.0%Top 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate8.9%Bottom 41%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
44/ 100
Ranks 3277 of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 1.4 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
28
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.4
Bottom 32% nationally
Year over year
+75%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Adrian, MI, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 84°F and January a low of 17°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 29.9 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 43, in the Good band, and no day in the year passed 100.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station ADRIAN LENAWEE CO AP, 2.5 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND3.4"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index59.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation29.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low17°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high84°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10002024 calendar year
Median air quality index43.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing48°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
43
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
59
90th percentile index
Days above 100
0
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

82 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado, strong wind and hail.

Strong windElevated
TornadoElevated
HailModerate
Ice stormModerate
LightningModerate
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: cold wave, inland flooding, earthquake, winter weather, landslide, hurricane, drought, wildfire.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Lenawee County records 0.0 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, lower than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 8.9 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 12.3 per 100,000 residents in Lenawee County.

Homicide
0.0
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
8.9
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
12.3
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
13.9
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Lenawee County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 49221 rather than 49221 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 26 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Eugene F Kranz Toledo ExpressTOL26 mi10,600 ft
Detroit Metro Wayne CountyDTW42 mi12,003 ft
Capital Region IntlLAN66 mi8,506 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

49221 vs Adrian

How this ZIP area compares with Adrian as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

49221
Adrian
Median household income
$65,977
vs
$50,209
Per capita income
$31,437
vs
$26,974
Population density
343/sq mi
vs
2,547/sq mi
Median home value
$170,400
vs
$138,000
Median gross rent
$992
vs
$956
Homeownership rate
71.1%
vs
55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher
22.3%
vs
21.9%
Poverty rate
15.5%
vs
20.3%
Median age
41.1
vs
35.8

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.