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

LaPorte County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in LaPorte County and work (implied resident labor force) 68,051
Number of persons who live AND work in LaPorte County 57,141
Total number of persons who work in LaPorte County (implied work force) 64,833
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in LaPorte County but work outside the county 10,910
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in LaPorte County 7,692

Top five counties sending workers
INTO LaPorte County:
Porter County 3,390 
Lake County 1,200 
St Joseph County 933 
Starke County 825 
Michigan 525 
Total of above 6,873  workers
( 10.6% of LaPorte County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM LaPorte County:
Porter County 4,238 
St Joseph County 2,512 
Lake County 1,783 
Illinois 608 
Michigan 490 
Total of above 9,631  workers
( 14.2% of LaPorte County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
LaPorte County 		% of
LaPorte County
Work Force		Commute FROM
LaPorte County To:		 % of
LaPorte County
Labor Force
Allen County 6 0.0 12 0.0
Delaware County 2 0.0 15 0.0
Elkhart County 40 0.1 216 0.3
Fulton County 17 0.0 8 0.0
Illinois 207 0.3 608 0.9
Jasper County 75 0.1 46 0.1
Kosciusko County 13 0.0 9 0.0
Lagrange County 7 0.0 10 0.0
Lake County 1,200 1.9 1,783 2.6
Lawrence County 7 0.0 17 0.0
Marion County 13 0.0 62 0.1
Marshall County 124 0.2 80 0.1
Michigan 525 0.8 490 0.7
Monroe County 4 0.0 22 0.0
Newton County 10 0.0 0 0.0
Ohio (State) 11 0.0 6 0.0
Out of State 74 0.1 487 0.7
Porter County 3,390 5.2 4,238 6.2
Pulaski County 92 0.1 11 0.0
St Joseph County 933 1.4 2,512 3.7
Starke County 825 1.3 114 0.2
Tippecanoe County 9 0.0 46 0.1
White County 11 0.0 4 0.0
Wisconsin 14 0.0 11 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