Adrian is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 565 people and two associated neighborhoods, Adrian is the 390th largest community in Georgia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Adrian is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 61.88% of the Adrian workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Adrian is a city of transportation and shipping workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Adrian who work in office and administrative support (9.94%), law enforcement and fire fighting (6.08%), and management occupations (4.97%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.39% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Adrian has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Adrian has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Adrian than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Adrian may be for you. One downside of living in Adrian is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Adrian, the average commute to work is 31.34 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small city, Adrian does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Adrian ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.22% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Adrian in 2022 was $23,901, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,604 for a family of four. Adrian is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Adrian home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Adrian residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Adrian include Irish, English, German, French, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Adrian is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
