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

LaPorte County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in LaPorte County and work (implied resident labor force) 67,225
Number of persons who live AND work in LaPorte County 56,364
Total number of persons who work in LaPorte County (implied work force) 63,897
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in LaPorte County but work outside the county 10,861
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in LaPorte County 7,533

Top five counties sending workers
INTO LaPorte County:
Porter County 3,418 
Lake County 1,157 
St Joseph County 857 
Starke County 742 
Michigan 494 
Total of above 6,668  workers
( 10.4% of LaPorte County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM LaPorte County:
Porter County 3,974 
St Joseph County 2,637 
Lake County 1,828 
Illinois 646 
Michigan 517 
Total of above 9,602  workers
( 14.3% of LaPorte County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
LaPorte County 		% of
LaPorte County
Work Force		Commute FROM
LaPorte County To:		 % of
LaPorte County
Labor Force
Allen County 12 0.0 14 0.0
Delaware County 2 0.0 18 0.0
Elkhart County 49 0.1 223 0.3
Fulton County 16 0.0 6 0.0
Illinois 222 0.3 646 1.0
Jasper County 77 0.1 35 0.1
Kosciusko County 6 0.0 11 0.0
Lagrange County 1 0.0 10 0.0
Lake County 1,157 1.8 1,828 2.7
Lawrence County 2 0.0 23 0.0
Marion County 9 0.0 66 0.1
Marshall County 117 0.2 95 0.1
Michigan 494 0.8 517 0.8
Monroe County 4 0.0 22 0.0
Newton County 15 0.0 3 0.0
Ohio (State) 18 0.0 8 0.0
Out of State 105 0.2 461 0.7
Porter County 3,418 5.3 3,974 5.9
Pulaski County 88 0.1 7 0.0
St Joseph County 857 1.3 2,637 3.9
Starke County 742 1.2 114 0.2
Tippecanoe County 14 0.0 46 0.1
Wisconsin 10 0.0 10 0.0
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