Morenci, Michigan.
Typical home $178,661 (+9.0% in a year). Adrian, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$544 (+138%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,717 +9%
- $163,944$178,661 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $44,339 +33%
- $134,322$178,661 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Morenci$938
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Morenci, MI rose 9.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Morenci, Lenawee County, Michigan
Morenci is a city of 2,270 people in Lenawee County. Half its households earn more than $59,643 a year and half less, against $70,518 across Lenawee County; 13% of its people live below the poverty line. 73% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 27% are rented. Unemployment in Lenawee County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Morenci is a small city, and a young one by the standards of towns this size, with residents who skew younger than in many small towns. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values and household incomes sit below the county's, with a noticeable share of residents living below the poverty line. Few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with a good deal of snow, and summers are warm.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Lenawee County, the largest workplaces include Adrian Steel Company, which makes shelving, Promedica Hickman Hospital, and Adrian Public Schools. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than a year ago, and the number of jobs has barely changed. Commutes are of moderate length, and almost nobody works from home.
Things to do. Lake Hudson State Recreation Area and Harrison Lake State Park are both protected areas a short drive away, and suit a day outdoors. Farther afield, Hidden Lake Gardens is a botanical garden a longer drive away, and Michigan International Speedway is a race track, also a longer drive away.
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- 826households
- 7%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 1%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lenawee County had 25,857 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 58°. About 32 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Morenci weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lenawee County
- Adrian Steel CompanyShelving manufacturing487
- Promedica Hickman HospitalGeneral hospital455FTE
- Adrian Public SchoolsSchool district405FTE
- Adrian CollegeUniversity or college379
- Kirchhoff-Automotive- TecumsehJob stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing379
- Siena Heights UniversityUniversity or college362
- Lenawee ISDSchool district354FTE
- State of Michigan-corrections-dept 47/agency 29/GUS Harrison FACCorrectional institutions346
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 75 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,381 people in all across the county; Morenci has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Morenci’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lenawee County and the Adrian, MI metro.
Morenci home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Morenci$178,661
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Morenci listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Morenci21.15%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Morenci25
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Morenci8
Zip codes with a Morenci address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Morenci — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.