Work/Residence Patterns - A STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Trends Profile
 Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2003

Jasper County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in Jasper County and work (implied resident labor force) 20,327
Number of persons who live AND work in Jasper County 14,385
Total number of persons who work in Jasper County (implied work force) 17,072
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Jasper County but work outside the county 5,942
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Jasper County 2,687

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Jasper County:
Newton County 715 
Porter County 386 
White County 303 
Lake County 253 
Pulaski County 229 
Total of above 1,886  workers
( 11.0% of Jasper County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Jasper County:
Lake County 2,851 
Porter County 966 
Illinois 702 
Newton County 375 
Tippecanoe County 318 
Total of above 5,212  workers
( 25.6% of Jasper County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Jasper County 		% of
Jasper County
Work Force		Commute FROM
Jasper County To:		 % of
Jasper County
Labor Force
Benton County 107 0.6 8 0.0
Carroll County 12 0.1 6 0.0
Dubois County 10 0.1 6 0.0
Illinois 171 1.0 702 3.5
LaPorte County 35 0.2 77 0.4
Lake County 253 1.5 2,851 14.0
Marion County 7 0.0 40 0.2
Newton County 715 4.2 375 1.8
Out of State 39 0.2 143 0.7
Porter County 386 2.3 966 4.8
Pulaski County 229 1.3 107 0.5
St Joseph County 4 0.0 20 0.1
Starke County 130 0.8 23 0.1
Tippecanoe County 131 0.8 318 1.6
White County 303 1.8 168 0.8
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 Department of Revenue
This table was produced by STATS Indiana on Jan 26, 2005