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

Starke County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:
Workers:
Number of persons who live in Starke County and work (implied resident labor force) 14,214
Number of persons who live AND work in Starke County 8,820
Total number of persons who work in Starke County (implied work force) 9,573
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Starke County but work outside the county 5,394
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Starke County 753

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Starke County:
Pulaski County 209 
Marshall County 163 
LaPorte County 114 
Porter County 66 
St Joseph County 61 
Total of above 613  workers
( 6.4% of Starke County work force)
  

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Starke County:
Marshall County 1,470 
Porter County 800 
LaPorte County 742 
St Joseph County 734 
Lake County 506 
Total of above 4,252  workers
( 29.9% of Starke County labor force)
  

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Starke County 		% of
Starke County
Work Force		Commute FROM
Starke County To:		 % of
Starke County
Labor Force
Allen County 0 0.0 20 0.1
Cass County 2 0.0 17 0.1
Delaware County 0 0.0 10 0.1
Elkhart County 4 0.0 301 2.1
Fulton County 23 0.2 24 0.2
Illinois 10 0.1 149 1.0
Jasper County 23 0.2 130 0.9
Kosciusko County 4 0.0 37 0.3
LaPorte County 114 1.2 742 5.2
Lake County 12 0.1 506 3.6
Marion County 1 0.0 11 0.1
Marshall County 163 1.7 1,470 10.3
Michigan 3 0.0 19 0.1
Out of State 9 0.1 69 0.5
Porter County 66 0.7 800 5.6
Pulaski County 209 2.2 241 1.7
St Joseph County 61 0.6 734 5.2
Tippecanoe County 8 0.1 30 0.2
White County 8 0.1 19 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