Work/Residence Patterns—A STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2004

Elkhart County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Elkhart County and work (implied resident labor force)117,848
Number of persons who live AND work in Elkhart County 110,362
Total number of persons who work in Elkhart County (implied work force)143,236

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Elkhart County but work outside the county 7,486
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Elkhart County 32,874

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Elkhart County:

St Joseph County 11,617 
Michigan 7,014 
Kosciusko County 4,493 
Lagrange County 3,631 
Marshall County 2,384 
Total of above 29,139workers
( 20.3% of Elkhart County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Elkhart County:

St Joseph County 4,059 
Lagrange County 819 
Kosciusko County 758 
Michigan 506 
Marshall County 254 
Total of above 6,396workers
( 5.4% of Elkhart County labor force)
 
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More detail for this county:

(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)

County nameCommute INTO
Elkhart County
% of
Elkhart County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Elkhart County To:
% of
Elkhart County
Labor Force
Adams County 17 0.0 3 0.0
Allen County 151 0.1 78 0.1
Cass County 17 0.0 16 0.0
Clay County 12 0.0 3 0.0
Dekalb County 42 0.0 17 0.0
Delaware County 14 0.0 36 0.0
Dubois County 10 0.0 4 0.0
Fayette County 12 0.0 15 0.0
Floyd County 10 0.0 6 0.0
Fulton County 160 0.1 2 0.0
Grant County 10 0.0 6 0.0
Hamilton County 18 0.0 1 0.0
Huntington County 15 0.0 2 0.0
Illinois 84 0.1 57 0.0
Kentucky 24 0.0 7 0.0
Kosciusko County 4,493 3.1 758 0.6
LaPorte County 227 0.2 41 0.0
Lagrange County 3,631 2.5 819 0.7
Lake County 36 0.0 18 0.0
Marion County 23 0.0 39 0.0
Marshall County 2,384 1.7 254 0.2
Miami County 62 0.0 2 0.0
Michigan 7,014 4.9 506 0.4
Monroe County 4 0.0 30 0.0
Noble County 1,471 1.0 247 0.2
Ohio (State) 56 0.0 24 0.0
Out of State 329 0.2 245 0.2
Pennsylvania 32 0.0 4 0.0
Porter County 47 0.0 11 0.0
Pulaski County 21 0.0 0 0.0
St Joseph County 11,617 8.1 4,059 3.4
Starke County 321 0.2 1 0.0
Steuben County 154 0.1 10 0.0
Tippecanoe County 7 0.0 43 0.0
Wabash County 97 0.1 20 0.0
Wells County 10 0.0 0 0.0
Whitley County 105 0.1 8 0.0
Wisconsin 22 0.0 11 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 Apr 26, 2006