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

Lagrange County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Lagrange County and work (implied resident labor force) 22,724
Number of persons who live AND work in Lagrange County 16,380
Total number of persons who work in Lagrange County (implied work force) 20,277

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Lagrange County but work outside the county 6,344
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Lagrange County 3,897

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Lagrange County:

Noble County 1,234 
Elkhart County 875 
Michigan 864 
Steuben County 344 
Allen County 100 
Total of above 3,417workers
( 16.9% of Lagrange County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Lagrange County:

Elkhart County 3,678 
Noble County 890 
Michigan 495 
Allen County 404 
Steuben County 328 
Total of above 5,795workers
( 25.5% of Lagrange 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
Lagrange County
% of
Lagrange County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Lagrange County To:
% of
Lagrange County
Labor Force
Allen County 100 0.5 404 1.8
Dekalb County 93 0.5 197 0.9
Elkhart County 875 4.3 3,678 16.2
Illinois 17 0.1 6 0.0
Johnson County 10 0.0 0 0.0
Kentucky 14 0.1 0 0.0
Kosciusko County 89 0.4 38 0.2
Lake County 30 0.1 12 0.1
Marion County 4 0.0 14 0.1
Marshall County 11 0.1 2 0.0
Michigan 864 4.3 495 2.2
Noble County 1,234 6.1 890 3.9
Ohio (State) 12 0.1 4 0.0
Out of State 30 0.1 85 0.4
Porter County 10 0.0 4 0.0
St Joseph County 54 0.3 85 0.4
Steuben County 344 1.7 328 1.4
Whitley County 31 0.2 17 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 Feb 16, 2007