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

Wabash County, Indiana

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

Workers:
Number of persons who live in Wabash County and work (implied resident labor force) 23,168
Number of persons who live AND work in Wabash County 19,470
Total number of persons who work in Wabash County (implied work force) 22,029
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Wabash County but work outside the county 3,698
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Wabash County 2,559

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Wabash County:
Miami County 770 
Grant County 433 
Kosciusko County 336 
Huntington County 280 
Allen County 127 
Total of above 1,946  workers
( 8.8% of Wabash County work force)
 

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Wabash County:
Kosciusko County 892 
Grant County 621 
Huntington County 567 
Allen County 408 
Miami County 307 
Total of above 2,795  workers
( 12.1% of Wabash County labor force)
 

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Wabash County
% of
Wabash County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Wabash County To:
% of
Wabash County
Labor Force
Allen County 127 0.6 408 1.8
Blackford County 13 0.1 5 0.0
Cass County 43 0.2 42 0.2
Delaware County 3 0.0 26 0.1
Elkhart County 20 0.1 61 0.3
Fulton County 104 0.5 52 0.2
Grant County 433 2.0 621 2.7
Howard County 33 0.1 289 1.2
Huntington County 280 1.3 567 2.4
Illinois 20 0.1 10 0.0
Kentucky 10 0.0 7 0.0
Kosciusko County 336 1.5 892 3.9
Madison County 18 0.1 12 0.1
Marion County 7 0.0 57 0.2
Marshall County 3 0.0 11 0.0
Miami County 770 3.5 307 1.3
Michigan 18 0.1 5 0.0
Noble County 14 0.1 13 0.1
Ohio (State) 23 0.1 8 0.0
Out of State 15 0.1 16 0.1
St Joseph County 10 0.0 3 0.0
Tippecanoe County 1 0.0 15 0.1
Vanderburgh County 14 0.1 11 0.0
Wells County 7 0.0 15 0.1
Whitley County 118 0.5 156 0.7
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