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

St Joseph County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in St Joseph County and work (implied resident labor force)162,456
Number of persons who live AND work in St Joseph County 145,450
Total number of persons who work in St Joseph County (implied work force)163,517
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in St Joseph County but work outside the county 17,006
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in St Joseph County 18,067

Top five counties sending workers
INTO St Joseph County:
Michigan 5,758 
Elkhart County 3,722 
Marshall County 2,611 
LaPorte County 2,512 
Starke County 779 
Total of above 15,382  workers
( 9.4% of St Joseph County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM St Joseph County:
Elkhart County 10,850 
Michigan 2,081 
Marshall County 1,071 
LaPorte County 933 
Out of State 503 
Total of above 15,438  workers
( 9.5% of St Joseph County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
St Joseph County 		% of
St Joseph County
Work Force		Commute FROM
St Joseph County To:		 % of
St Joseph County
Labor Force
Allen County 78 0.0 54 0.0
Brown County 0 0.0 10 0.0
Cass County 12 0.0 37 0.0
Clark County 26 0.0 11 0.0
Clay County 17 0.0 9 0.0
Delaware County 8 0.0 38 0.0
Elkhart County 3,722 2.3 10,850 6.7
Fulton County 142 0.1 37 0.0
Hamilton County 26 0.0 15 0.0
Howard County 11 0.0 8 0.0
Illinois 328 0.2 166 0.1
Jasper County 17 0.0 5 0.0
Johnson County 4 0.0 11 0.0
Kentucky 27 0.0 15 0.0
Kosciusko County 179 0.1 215 0.1
LaPorte County 2,512 1.5 933 0.6
Lagrange County 73 0.0 60 0.0
Lake County 186 0.1 98 0.1
Madison County 10 0.0 6 0.0
Marion County 30 0.0 102 0.1
Marshall County 2,611 1.6 1,071 0.7
Miami County 21 0.0 1 0.0
Michigan 5,758 3.5 2,081 1.3
Monroe County 12 0.0 89 0.1
Noble County 24 0.0 20 0.0
Ohio (State) 160 0.1 51 0.0
Out of State 556 0.3 503 0.3
Pennsylvania 77 0.0 14 0.0
Porter County 363 0.2 121 0.1
Pulaski County 20 0.0 0 0.0
Rush County 9 0.0 17 0.0
Scott County 17 0.0 20 0.0
Starke County 779 0.5 51 0.0
Steuben County 13 0.0 10 0.0
Sullivan County 9 0.0 10 0.0
Tippecanoe County 15 0.0 96 0.1
Vigo County 13 0.0 11 0.0
Wabash County 3 0.0 10 0.0
Whitley County 13 0.0 3 0.0
Wisconsin 58 0.0 27 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