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

Whitley County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Whitley County and work (implied resident labor force) 22,176
Number of persons who live AND work in Whitley County 14,017
Total number of persons who work in Whitley County (implied work force) 17,257

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Whitley County but work outside the county 8,159
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Whitley County 3,240

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Whitley County:

Allen County 1,379 
Noble County 732 
Kosciusko County 318 
Huntington County 299 
Wabash County 149 
Total of above 2,877workers
( 16.7% of Whitley County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Whitley County:

Allen County 5,132 
Kosciusko County 1,190 
Noble County 790 
Huntington County 266 
Dekalb County 206 
Total of above 7,584workers
( 34.2% of Whitley 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
Whitley County
% of
Whitley County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Whitley County To:
% of
Whitley County
Labor Force
Adams County 15 0.1 17 0.1
Allen County 1,379 8.0 5,132 23.1
Dekalb County 107 0.6 206 0.9
Delaware County 0 0.0 12 0.1
Elkhart County 8 0.0 105 0.5
Fulton County 11 0.1 10 0.0
Grant County 9 0.1 10 0.0
Huntington County 299 1.7 266 1.2
Illinois 11 0.1 6 0.0
Kosciusko County 318 1.8 1,190 5.4
Lagrange County 19 0.1 24 0.1
Marion County 4 0.0 21 0.1
Marshall County 8 0.0 13 0.1
Michigan 10 0.1 5 0.0
Noble County 732 4.2 790 3.6
Ohio (State) 14 0.1 30 0.1
Out of State 27 0.2 43 0.2
St Joseph County 4 0.0 21 0.1
Steuben County 26 0.2 13 0.1
Tippecanoe County 2 0.0 12 0.1
Wabash County 149 0.9 138 0.6
Wells County 41 0.2 23 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 Apr 26, 2006