Work/Residence Patterns - A STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Trends Profile
 Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2001

Starke County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in Starke County and work (implied resident labor force) 14,758
Number of persons who live AND work in Starke County 9,076
Total number of persons who work in Starke County (implied work force) 9,836
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Starke County but work outside the county 5,682
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Starke County 760

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Starke County:
Pulaski County 191 
Marshall County 164 
LaPorte County 116 
Porter County 82 
St Joseph County 58 
Total of above 611  workers
( 6.2% of Starke County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Starke County:
Marshall County 1,594 
LaPorte County 831 
Porter County 757 
St Joseph County 752 
Lake County 544 
Total of above 4,478  workers
( 30.3% of Starke County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Starke County 		% of
Starke County
Work Force		Commute FROM
Starke County To:		 % of
Starke County
Labor Force
Allen County 0 0.0 15 0.1
Cass County 2 0.0 21 0.1
Elkhart County 7 0.1 263 1.8
Fulton County 28 0.3 28 0.2
Illinois 5 0.1 187 1.3
Jasper County 23 0.2 146 1.0
Kosciusko County 1 0.0 57 0.4
LaPorte County 116 1.2 831 5.6
Lake County 7 0.1 544 3.7
Marion County 3 0.0 12 0.1
Marshall County 164 1.7 1,594 10.8
Michigan 5 0.1 18 0.1
Out of State 11 0.1 68 0.5
Porter County 82 0.8 757 5.1
Pulaski County 191 1.9 240 1.6
St Joseph County 58 0.6 752 5.1
Tippecanoe County 4 0.0 31 0.2
White County 6 0.1 31 0.2
Note:  commuters to/from Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania are shown
separately and are not included in the 'Out of State' category.

These figures are provided to give a summary of commuting patterns, not employment patterns, and will not
match labor force or employment numbers from sources such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Data source: Indiana Department of Revenue - revised Jan. 2005
This table was produced by STATS Indiana on Jan 26, 2005