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

Starke County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in Starke County and work (implied resident labor force) 14,260
Number of persons who live AND work in Starke County 8,709
Total number of persons who work in Starke County (implied work force) 9,447
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Starke County but work outside the county 5,551
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Starke County 738

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Starke County:
Pulaski County 203 
Marshall County 163 
LaPorte County 114 
Porter County 64 
St Joseph County 51 
Total of above 595  workers
( 6.3% of Starke County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Starke County:
Marshall County 1,451 
LaPorte County 825 
Porter County 824 
St Joseph County 779 
Lake County 533 
Total of above 4,412  workers
( 30.9% of Starke County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Starke County 		% of
Starke County
Work Force		Commute FROM
Starke County To:		 % of
Starke County
Labor Force
Allen County 2 0.0 14 0.1
Cass County 4 0.0 17 0.1
Elkhart County 5 0.1 250 1.8
Fulton County 19 0.2 19 0.1
Illinois 8 0.1 141 1.0
Jasper County 22 0.2 149 1.0
Kosciusko County 5 0.1 40 0.3
LaPorte County 114 1.2 825 5.8
Lake County 7 0.1 533 3.7
Marion County 0 0.0 24 0.2
Marshall County 163 1.7 1,451 10.2
Michigan 3 0.0 11 0.1
Out of State 6 0.1 78 0.5
Porter County 64 0.7 824 5.8
Pulaski County 203 2.1 255 1.8
St Joseph County 51 0.5 779 5.5
Tippecanoe County 3 0.0 36 0.3
White County 6 0.1 30 0.2
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