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

Lake County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in Lake County and work (implied resident labor force)285,925
Number of persons who live AND work in Lake County 233,223
Total number of persons who work in Lake County (implied work force)274,958
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Lake County but work outside the county 52,702
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Lake County 41,735

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Lake County:
Porter County 21,654 
Illinois 11,672 
Jasper County 2,817 
LaPorte County 1,783 
Newton County 1,617 
Total of above 39,543  workers
( 14.4% of Lake County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Lake County:
Illinois 34,263 
Out of State 9,917 
Porter County 5,066 
LaPorte County 1,200 
Tippecanoe County 274 
Total of above 50,720  workers
( 17.7% of Lake County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Lake County 		% of
Lake County
Work Force		Commute FROM
Lake County To:		 % of
Lake County
Labor Force
Allen County 12 0.0 36 0.0
Benton County 11 0.0 11 0.0
Blackford County 1 0.0 12 0.0
Clark County 12 0.0 3 0.0
Delaware County 5 0.0 90 0.0
Elkhart County 18 0.0 21 0.0
Fulton County 18 0.0 1 0.0
Hamilton County 18 0.0 9 0.0
Illinois 11,672 4.2 34,263 12.0
Jasper County 2,817 1.0 270 0.1
Johnson County 16 0.0 11 0.0
Kentucky 52 0.0 74 0.0
Kosciusko County 26 0.0 13 0.0
LaPorte County 1,783 0.6 1,200 0.4
Lagrange County 29 0.0 41 0.0
Madison County 11 0.0 16 0.0
Marion County 44 0.0 213 0.1
Marshall County 70 0.0 17 0.0
Michigan 139 0.1 118 0.0
Monroe County 10 0.0 174 0.1
Montgomery County 1 0.0 12 0.0
Newton County 1,617 0.6 112 0.0
Ohio (State) 45 0.0 70 0.0
Out of State 588 0.2 9,917 3.5
Pennsylvania 13 0.0 12 0.0
Porter County 21,654 7.9 5,066 1.8
Posey County 14 0.0 10 0.0
Pulaski County 120 0.0 7 0.0
St Joseph County 98 0.0 186 0.1
Starke County 533 0.2 7 0.0
Tippecanoe County 30 0.0 274 0.1
Vanderburgh County 0 0.0 16 0.0
Vigo County 11 0.0 45 0.0
White County 39 0.0 21 0.0
Whitley County 2 0.0 10 0.0
Wisconsin 87 0.0 171 0.1
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