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

Porter County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in Porter County and work (implied resident labor force) 98,365
Number of persons who live AND work in Porter County 64,592
Total number of persons who work in Porter County (implied work force) 77,503
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Porter County but work outside the county 33,773
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Porter County 12,911

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Porter County:
Lake County 5,535 
LaPorte County 3,974 
Jasper County 966 
Starke County 800 
Illinois 523 
Total of above 11,798  workers
( 15.2% of Porter County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Porter County:
Lake County 21,587 
Illinois 5,687 
LaPorte County 3,418 
Out of State 1,279 
Jasper County 386 
Total of above 32,357  workers
( 32.9% of Porter County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Porter County 		% of
Porter County
Work Force		Commute FROM
Porter County To:		 % of
Porter County
Labor Force
Allen County 5 0.0 15 0.0
Delaware County 3 0.0 50 0.1
Elkhart County 15 0.0 38 0.0
Hamilton County 5 0.0 12 0.0
Illinois 523 0.7 5,687 5.8
Jasper County 966 1.2 386 0.4
Kentucky 16 0.0 18 0.0
Kosciusko County 13 0.0 23 0.0
LaPorte County 3,974 5.1 3,418 3.5
Lake County 5,535 7.1 21,587 21.9
Marion County 18 0.0 100 0.1
Marshall County 56 0.1 44 0.0
Michigan 146 0.2 137 0.1
Monroe County 3 0.0 115 0.1
Newton County 115 0.1 21 0.0
Ohio (State) 38 0.0 31 0.0
Out of State 166 0.2 1,279 1.3
Pennsylvania 27 0.0 7 0.0
Posey County 4 0.0 13 0.0
Pulaski County 168 0.2 11 0.0
St Joseph County 137 0.2 377 0.4
Starke County 800 1.0 66 0.1
Steuben County 11 0.0 6 0.0
Tippecanoe County 7 0.0 120 0.1
Vanderburgh County 1 0.0 14 0.0
Vigo County 3 0.0 21 0.0
White County 16 0.0 15 0.0
Wisconsin 36 0.0 32 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