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

Spencer County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Spencer County and work (implied resident labor force) 14,296
Number of persons who live AND work in Spencer County 9,248
Total number of persons who work in Spencer County (implied work force) 11,613

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Spencer County but work outside the county 5,048
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Spencer County 2,365

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Spencer County:

Perry County 676 
Warrick County 500 
Dubois County 481 
Kentucky 312 
Vanderburgh County 112 
Total of above 2,081workers
( 17.9% of Spencer County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Spencer County:

Dubois County 1,539 
Vanderburgh County 1,055 
Warrick County 750 
Perry County 576 
Kentucky 546 
Total of above 4,466workers
( 31.2% of Spencer 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
Spencer County
% of
Spencer County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Spencer County To:
% of
Spencer County
Labor Force
Clark County 1 0.0 10 0.1
Crawford County 29 0.2 5 0.0
Daviess County 18 0.2 41 0.3
Dubois County 481 4.1 1,539 10.8
Gibson County 30 0.3 230 1.6
Illinois 24 0.2 10 0.1
Kentucky 312 2.7 546 3.8
Knox County 5 0.0 21 0.1
Marion County 1 0.0 15 0.1
Monroe County 10 0.1 16 0.1
Out of State 39 0.3 73 0.5
Perry County 676 5.8 576 4.0
Pike County 41 0.4 28 0.2
Posey County 11 0.1 17 0.1
Tippecanoe County 2 0.0 18 0.1
Vanderburgh County 112 1.0 1,055 7.4
Vigo County 3 0.0 13 0.1
Warrick County 500 4.3 750 5.2

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