Work/Residence Patterns - A STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Trends Profile
 Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2002

Elkhart County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in Elkhart County and work (implied resident labor force)114,684
Number of persons who live AND work in Elkhart County 107,500
Total number of persons who work in Elkhart County (implied work force)137,256
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Elkhart County but work outside the county 7,184
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Elkhart County 29,756

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Elkhart County:
St Joseph County 10,850 
Michigan 6,822 
Kosciusko County 4,073 
Lagrange County 3,071 
Marshall County 2,008 
Total of above 26,824  workers
( 19.5% of Elkhart County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Elkhart County:
St Joseph County 3,722 
Lagrange County 806 
Kosciusko County 713 
Michigan 573 
Marshall County 260 
Total of above 6,074  workers
( 5.3% of Elkhart County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Elkhart County 		% of
Elkhart County
Work Force		Commute FROM
Elkhart County To:		 % of
Elkhart County
Labor Force
Adams County 16 0.0 1 0.0
Allen County 127 0.1 78 0.1
Cass County 8 0.0 20 0.0
Dekalb County 27 0.0 28 0.0
Delaware County 13 0.0 36 0.0
Floyd County 10 0.0 6 0.0
Fulton County 111 0.1 4 0.0
Grant County 11 0.0 2 0.0
Hancock County 10 0.0 4 0.0
Huntington County 10 0.0 2 0.0
Illinois 62 0.0 45 0.0
Kentucky 25 0.0 4 0.0
Kosciusko County 4,073 3.0 713 0.6
LaPorte County 216 0.2 40 0.0
Lagrange County 3,071 2.2 806 0.7
Lake County 21 0.0 18 0.0
Marion County 9 0.0 50 0.0
Marshall County 2,008 1.5 260 0.2
Miami County 35 0.0 1 0.0
Michigan 6,822 5.0 573 0.5
Monroe County 6 0.0 28 0.0
Noble County 1,215 0.9 242 0.2
Ohio (State) 59 0.0 25 0.0
Out of State 183 0.1 216 0.2
Pennsylvania 23 0.0 5 0.0
Porter County 41 0.0 15 0.0
Pulaski County 22 0.0 0 0.0
Rush County 5 0.0 15 0.0
St Joseph County 10,850 7.9 3,722 3.2
Starke County 250 0.2 5 0.0
Steuben County 117 0.1 18 0.0
Tippecanoe County 9 0.0 44 0.0
Wabash County 61 0.0 20 0.0
Wells County 11 0.0 2 0.0
Whitley County 77 0.1 4 0.0
Wisconsin 15 0.0 9 0.0
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 Dept. of Revenue - revised Jan. 2004
This table was produced by STATS Indiana on Jan 26, 2005