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

Jasper County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in Jasper County and work (implied resident labor force) 20,204
Number of persons who live AND work in Jasper County 14,347
Total number of persons who work in Jasper County (implied work force) 17,050
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Jasper County but work outside the county 5,857
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Jasper County 2,703

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Jasper County:
Newton County 691 
Porter County 363 
White County 313 
Lake County 270 
Pulaski County 228 
Total of above 1,865  workers
( 10.9% of Jasper County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Jasper County:
Lake County 2,817 
Porter County 988 
Illinois 633 
Newton County 352 
Tippecanoe County 278 
Total of above 5,068  workers
( 25.1% of Jasper County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Jasper County 		% of
Jasper County
Work Force		Commute FROM
Jasper County To:		 % of
Jasper County
Labor Force
Benton County 133 0.8 10 0.0
Carroll County 10 0.1 7 0.0
Illinois 155 0.9 633 3.1
Kentucky 10 0.1 5 0.0
LaPorte County 46 0.3 75 0.4
Lake County 270 1.6 2,817 13.9
Marion County 4 0.0 31 0.2
Michigan 9 0.1 11 0.1
Monroe County 1 0.0 10 0.0
Newton County 691 4.1 352 1.7
Out of State 46 0.3 197 1.0
Porter County 363 2.1 988 4.9
Pulaski County 228 1.3 103 0.5
St Joseph County 5 0.0 17 0.1
Starke County 149 0.9 22 0.1
Tippecanoe County 123 0.7 278 1.4
White County 313 1.8 191 0.9
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