Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Work/Residence (commuting) Patterns
-- Based on IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 1997

Number of persons who live in Vanderburgh County and work (labor force)         109,432
Number of persons who live in Vanderburgh County and work in Vanderburgh County 104,045
Number of persons who live out of and work in Vanderburgh County                 27,438
Total number of persons who work in Vanderburgh County (work force)             131,483

Top five counties sending workers INTO Vanderburgh County:
Warrick County       13,772
Posey County          5,136
Gibson County         3,447
Kentucky              1,630
Spencer County        1,107
Total of above       25,092 workers = 19.1% of Vanderburgh County work force

Top five counties receiving workers FROM Vanderburgh County:
Warrick County        1,677
Posey County          1,256
Kentucky                765
Gibson County           564
Out of state            389
Total of above        4,651 workers =  4.3% of Vanderburgh County labor force

Detailed data by county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)

County name         Commute INTO Vanderburgh County   Commute FROM Vanderburgh County To:
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Allen County                    7                                   10
Blackford County                2                                   15
Clark County                   16                                    3
Crawford County                11                                    0
Daviess County                 64                                    6
Delaware County                 1                                   12
Dubois County                 127                                   88
Floyd County                   14                                    9
Gibson County               3,447                                  564
Greene County                  10                                    1
Hamilton County                19                                    5
Illinois                      610                                  104
Johnson County                 12                                    3
Kentucky                    1,630                                  765
Knox County                   164                                   38
Lake County                    12                                    6
Lawrence County                13                                    0
Marion County                  39                                   48
Martin County                  13                                    5
Michigan                       27                                    8
Monroe County                  23                                   41
Ohio (State)                   44                                    5
Orange County                  10                                    0
Out of state                  239                                  389
Perry County                  152                                   14
Pike County                   403                                   39
Posey County                5,136                                1,256
Spencer County              1,107                                  100
Sullivan County                17                                    2
Tippecanoe County               7                                   27
Vigo County                    31                                   19
Wabash County                  14                                    6
Warrick County             13,772                                1,677
Washington County              14                                    7
Wisconsin                      21                                   12

Note: commuters to/from IL, MI, KY, OH, WI, and PA are reported separately and 
      are not included in the 'Out of state' category.
Data source: Indiana Dept. of Revenue
Report generated by STATS Indiana June 1999
Ibrc@indiana.edu