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

Pulaski County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:

Workers:
Number of persons who live in Pulaski County and work (implied resident labor force) 8,770
Number of persons who live AND work in Pulaski County 6,817
Total number of persons who work in Pulaski County (implied work force) 7,794
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Pulaski County but work outside the county 1,953
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Pulaski County 977

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Pulaski County:
Starke County 255 
Fulton County 176 
White County 142 
Cass County 115 
Jasper County 103 
Total of above 791  workers
( 10.1% of Pulaski County work force)
 

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Pulaski County:
White County 284 
Jasper County 228 
Starke County 203 
Fulton County 202 
Porter County 175 
Total of above 1,092  workers
( 12.5% of Pulaski County labor force)
 

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Pulaski County
% of
Pulaski County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Pulaski County To:
% of
Pulaski County
Labor Force
Carroll County 17 0.2 8 0.1
Cass County 115 1.5 162 1.8
Elkhart County 0 0.0 22 0.3
Fulton County 176 2.3 202 2.3
Howard County 4 0.1 10 0.1
Illinois 7 0.1 21 0.2
Jasper County 103 1.3 228 2.6
LaPorte County 11 0.1 92 1.0
Lake County 7 0.1 120 1.4
Marion County 0 0.0 21 0.2
Marshall County 53 0.7 152 1.7
Miami County 5 0.1 16 0.2
Out of State 14 0.2 35 0.4
Porter County 15 0.2 175 2.0
St Joseph County 0 0.0 20 0.2
Starke County 255 3.3 203 2.3
Tippecanoe County 9 0.1 132 1.5
White County 142 1.8 284 3.2
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