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

Washington County, Indiana

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

Workers:
Number of persons who live in Washington County and work (implied resident labor force) 17,289
Number of persons who live AND work in Washington County 11,395
Total number of persons who work in Washington County (implied work force) 12,420
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Washington County but work outside the county 5,894
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Washington County 1,025

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Washington County:
Orange County 197 
Clark County 164 
Lawrence County 149 
Scott County 110 
Floyd County 106 
Total of above 726  workers
( 5.8% of Washington County work force)
 

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Washington County:
Kentucky 1,606 
Clark County 1,560 
Floyd County 889 
Scott County 379 
Jackson County 364 
Total of above 4,798  workers
( 27.8% of Washington County labor force)
 

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Washington County
% of
Washington County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Washington County To:
% of
Washington County
Labor Force
Bartholomew County 2 0.0 53 0.3
Clark County 164 1.3 1,560 9.0
Crawford County 26 0.2 18 0.1
Floyd County 106 0.9 889 5.1
Harrison County 91 0.7 325 1.9
Jackson County 55 0.4 364 2.1
Jefferson County 7 0.1 43 0.2
Kentucky 18 0.1 1,606 9.3
Lawrence County 149 1.2 94 0.5
Marion County 14 0.1 52 0.3
Martin County 2 0.0 22 0.1
Monroe County 3 0.0 32 0.2
Orange County 197 1.6 191 1.1
Out of State 7 0.1 118 0.7
Scott County 110 0.9 379 2.2
Vanderburgh County 5 0.0 12 0.1
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