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

St Joseph County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in St Joseph County and work (implied resident labor force)164,361
Number of persons who live AND work in St Joseph County 146,493
Total number of persons who work in St Joseph County (implied work force)165,779

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in St Joseph County but work outside the county 17,868
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in St Joseph County 19,286

Top five counties sending workers
INTO St Joseph County:

Michigan 6,100 
Elkhart County 4,059 
Marshall County 2,682 
LaPorte County 2,678 
Starke County 756 
Total of above 16,275workers
( 9.8% of St Joseph County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM St Joseph County:

Elkhart County 11,617 
Michigan 1,985 
Marshall County 1,135 
LaPorte County 967 
Out of State 560 
Total of above 16,264workers
( 9.9% of St Joseph 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
St Joseph County
% of
St Joseph County
Work Force
Commute FROM
St Joseph County To:
% of
St Joseph County
Labor Force
Allen County 66 0.0 41 0.0
Cass County 19 0.0 29 0.0
Clark County 10 0.0 10 0.0
Clay County 15 0.0 5 0.0
Dekalb County 14 0.0 3 0.0
Delaware County 13 0.0 41 0.0
Elkhart County 4,059 2.4 11,617 7.1
Fayette County 5 0.0 10 0.0
Fulton County 164 0.1 31 0.0
Hamilton County 36 0.0 14 0.0
Howard County 11 0.0 11 0.0
Illinois 329 0.2 171 0.1
Jasper County 16 0.0 7 0.0
Kentucky 46 0.0 12 0.0
Kosciusko County 198 0.1 225 0.1
LaPorte County 2,678 1.6 967 0.6
Lagrange County 82 0.0 52 0.0
Lake County 201 0.1 104 0.1
Madison County 6 0.0 11 0.0
Marion County 59 0.0 102 0.1
Marshall County 2,682 1.6 1,135 0.7
Miami County 22 0.0 5 0.0
Michigan 6,100 3.7 1,985 1.2
Monroe County 9 0.0 91 0.1
Noble County 34 0.0 27 0.0
Ohio (State) 180 0.1 55 0.0
Out of State 674 0.4 560 0.3
Pennsylvania 96 0.1 13 0.0
Porter County 386 0.2 122 0.1
Pulaski County 25 0.0 2 0.0
Rush County 10 0.0 23 0.0
Scott County 11 0.0 20 0.0
Starke County 756 0.5 56 0.0
Steuben County 20 0.0 16 0.0
Tippecanoe County 23 0.0 92 0.1
Vigo County 7 0.0 16 0.0
Wabash County 5 0.0 14 0.0
Whitley County 21 0.0 4 0.0
Wisconsin 74 0.0 33 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