Work/Residence Patterns—A STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2005

Dekalb County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Dekalb County and work (implied resident labor force) 27,518
Number of persons who live AND work in Dekalb County 21,707
Total number of persons who work in Dekalb County (implied work force) 28,770

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Dekalb County but work outside the county 5,811
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Dekalb County 7,063

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Dekalb County:

Allen County 3,189 
Steuben County 1,352 
Noble County 1,186 
Ohio (State) 409 
Whitley County 200 
Total of above 6,336workers
( 22.0% of Dekalb County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Dekalb County:

Allen County 3,006 
Noble County 1,351 
Steuben County 705 
Ohio (State) 167 
Whitley County 109 
Total of above 5,338workers
( 19.4% of Dekalb 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
Dekalb County
% of
Dekalb County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Dekalb County To:
% of
Dekalb County
Labor Force
Adams County 25 0.1 10 0.0
Allen County 3,189 11.1 3,006 10.9
Blackford County 10 0.0 1 0.0
Delaware County 19 0.1 14 0.1
Elkhart County 19 0.1 55 0.2
Grant County 13 0.0 10 0.0
Huntington County 62 0.2 19 0.1
Illinois 29 0.1 8 0.0
Kosciusko County 28 0.1 29 0.1
Lagrange County 197 0.7 93 0.3
Marion County 3 0.0 23 0.1
Michigan 86 0.3 39 0.1
Noble County 1,186 4.1 1,351 4.9
Ohio (State) 409 1.4 167 0.6
Out of State 87 0.3 74 0.3
St Joseph County 6 0.0 12 0.0
Steuben County 1,352 4.7 705 2.6
Wells County 47 0.2 10 0.0
Whitley County 200 0.7 109 0.4

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 Feb 16, 2007