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

Porter County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in Porter County and work (implied resident labor force) 98,588
Number of persons who live AND work in Porter County 64,886
Total number of persons who work in Porter County (implied work force) 77,526
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Porter County but work outside the county 33,702
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Porter County 12,640

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Porter County:
Lake County 5,066 
LaPorte County 4,238 
Jasper County 988 
Starke County 824 
Illinois 524 
Total of above 11,640  workers
( 15.0% of Porter County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Porter County:
Lake County 21,654 
Illinois 5,273 
LaPorte County 3,390 
Out of State 1,662 
Jasper County 363 
Total of above 32,342  workers
( 32.8% of Porter County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Porter County 		% of
Porter County
Work Force		Commute FROM
Porter County To:		 % of
Porter County
Labor Force
Allen County 15 0.0 27 0.0
Delaware County 1 0.0 46 0.0
Elkhart County 15 0.0 41 0.0
Fulton County 11 0.0 1 0.0
Illinois 524 0.7 5,273 5.3
Jasper County 988 1.3 363 0.4
Kentucky 16 0.0 14 0.0
Kosciusko County 8 0.0 18 0.0
LaPorte County 4,238 5.5 3,390 3.4
Lake County 5,066 6.5 21,654 22.0
Marion County 14 0.0 93 0.1
Marshall County 50 0.1 39 0.0
Michigan 99 0.1 125 0.1
Monroe County 5 0.0 99 0.1
Newton County 125 0.2 19 0.0
Ohio (State) 33 0.0 48 0.0
Out of State 119 0.2 1,662 1.7
Pennsylvania 16 0.0 14 0.0
Posey County 13 0.0 11 0.0
Pulaski County 175 0.2 15 0.0
St Joseph County 121 0.2 363 0.4
Starke County 824 1.1 64 0.1
Tippecanoe County 10 0.0 144 0.1
Vanderburgh County 1 0.0 11 0.0
Vigo County 8 0.0 16 0.0
White County 13 0.0 16 0.0
Wisconsin 29 0.0 25 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