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

Lake County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in Lake County and work (implied resident labor force)283,794
Number of persons who live AND work in Lake County 229,938
Total number of persons who work in Lake County (implied work force)272,733
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Lake County but work outside the county 53,856
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Lake County 42,795

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Lake County:
Porter County 21,587 
Illinois 12,443 
Jasper County 2,851 
LaPorte County 1,828 
Newton County 1,664 
Total of above 40,373  workers
( 14.8% of Lake County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Lake County:
Illinois 36,877 
Out of State 7,963 
Porter County 5,535 
LaPorte County 1,157 
Tippecanoe County 272 
Total of above 51,804  workers
( 18.3% of Lake County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Lake County 		% of
Lake County
Work Force		Commute FROM
Lake County To:		 % of
Lake County
Labor Force
Allen County 10 0.0 20 0.0
Benton County 10 0.0 4 0.0
Blackford County 0 0.0 11 0.0
Clark County 10 0.0 4 0.0
Delaware County 4 0.0 84 0.0
Elkhart County 22 0.0 16 0.0
Fulton County 15 0.0 2 0.0
Hamilton County 13 0.0 13 0.0
Hancock County 4 0.0 11 0.0
Illinois 12,443 4.6 36,877 13.0
Jasper County 2,851 1.0 253 0.1
Johnson County 13 0.0 13 0.0
Kentucky 89 0.0 96 0.0
Kosciusko County 18 0.0 15 0.0
LaPorte County 1,828 0.7 1,157 0.4
Lagrange County 22 0.0 31 0.0
Madison County 6 0.0 22 0.0
Marion County 43 0.0 229 0.1
Marshall County 44 0.0 21 0.0
Michigan 200 0.1 113 0.0
Monroe County 9 0.0 191 0.1
Montgomery County 1 0.0 19 0.0
Newton County 1,664 0.6 108 0.0
Ohio (State) 90 0.0 69 0.0
Out of State 731 0.3 7,963 2.8
Pennsylvania 12 0.0 20 0.0
Porter County 21,587 7.9 5,535 2.0
Posey County 16 0.0 8 0.0
Pulaski County 111 0.0 8 0.0
St Joseph County 92 0.0 204 0.1
Starke County 506 0.2 12 0.0
Tippecanoe County 33 0.0 272 0.1
Vanderburgh County 0 0.0 19 0.0
Vigo County 8 0.0 51 0.0
White County 42 0.0 18 0.0
Wisconsin 92 0.0 186 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 Department of Revenue
This table was produced by STATS Indiana on Jan 26, 2005