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

Kosciusko County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Kosciusko County and work (implied resident labor force) 52,330
Number of persons who live AND work in Kosciusko County 44,609
Total number of persons who work in Kosciusko County (implied work force) 52,022

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Kosciusko County but work outside the county 7,721
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Kosciusko County 7,413

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Kosciusko County:

Whitley County 1,269 
Wabash County 1,080 
Marshall County 1,002 
Fulton County 849 
Elkhart County 800 
Total of above 5,000workers
( 9.6% of Kosciusko County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Kosciusko County:

Elkhart County 4,669 
Allen County 574 
Noble County 437 
Marshall County 427 
Whitley County 342 
Total of above 6,449workers
( 12.3% of Kosciusko 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
Kosciusko County
% of
Kosciusko County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Kosciusko County To:
% of
Kosciusko County
Labor Force
Adams County 9 0.0 13 0.0
Allen County 605 1.2 574 1.1
Cass County 16 0.0 11 0.0
Dekalb County 29 0.1 28 0.1
Delaware County 8 0.0 27 0.1
Elkhart County 800 1.5 4,669 8.9
Fulton County 849 1.6 168 0.3
Grant County 30 0.1 34 0.1
Hamilton County 10 0.0 7 0.0
Howard County 13 0.0 3 0.0
Huntington County 129 0.2 41 0.1
Illinois 44 0.1 23 0.0
Johnson County 10 0.0 3 0.0
Knox County 10 0.0 12 0.0
LaPorte County 14 0.0 9 0.0
Lagrange County 38 0.1 89 0.2
Lake County 20 0.0 16 0.0
Madison County 6 0.0 11 0.0
Marion County 11 0.0 41 0.1
Marshall County 1,002 1.9 427 0.8
Miami County 183 0.4 16 0.0
Michigan 44 0.1 22 0.0
Monroe County 3 0.0 11 0.0
Noble County 522 1.0 437 0.8
Ohio (State) 70 0.1 18 0.0
Out of State 115 0.2 73 0.1
Pennsylvania 23 0.0 1 0.0
Porter County 25 0.0 7 0.0
St Joseph County 228 0.4 182 0.3
Starke County 56 0.1 4 0.0
Steuben County 10 0.0 13 0.0
Tippecanoe County 6 0.0 29 0.1
Wabash County 1,080 2.1 298 0.6
Wells County 14 0.0 8 0.0
Whitley County 1,269 2.4 342 0.7
Wisconsin 12 0.0 6 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 Feb 16, 2007