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

Monroe County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Monroe County and work (implied resident labor force) 71,188
Number of persons who live AND work in Monroe County 65,658
Total number of persons who work in Monroe County (implied work force) 81,247

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Monroe County but work outside the county 5,530
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Monroe County 15,589

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Monroe County:

Lawrence County 3,637 
Greene County 3,481 
Owen County 2,344 
Morgan County 858 
Brown County 651 
Total of above 10,971workers
( 13.5% of Monroe County work force)
  
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Monroe County:

Marion County 1,297 
Martin County 1,060 
Lawrence County 646 
Owen County 461 
Morgan County 460 
Total of above 3,924workers
( 5.5% of Monroe 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
Monroe County 		% of
Monroe County
Work Force		Commute FROM
Monroe County To:		 % of
Monroe County
Labor Force
Allen County 98 0.1 17 0.0
Bartholomew County 159 0.2 180 0.3
Boone County 44 0.1 3 0.0
Brown County 651 0.8 194 0.3
Clark County 23 0.0 5 0.0
Clay County 70 0.1 17 0.0
Clinton County 26 0.0 0 0.0
Daviess County 72 0.1 20 0.0
Dearborn County 19 0.0 2 0.0
Delaware County 42 0.1 11 0.0
Dubois County 33 0.0 6 0.0
Elkhart County 17 0.0 7 0.0
Floyd County 33 0.0 2 0.0
Fountain County 10 0.0 0 0.0
Gibson County 14 0.0 0 0.0
Grant County 11 0.0 9 0.0
Greene County 3,481 4.3 240 0.3
Hamilton County 185 0.2 48 0.1
Hancock County 42 0.1 14 0.0
Harrison County 18 0.0 0 0.0
Hendricks County 130 0.2 63 0.1
Henry County 15 0.0 1 0.0
Howard County 27 0.0 3 0.0
Huntington County 13 0.0 2 0.0
Illinois 246 0.3 29 0.0
Jackson County 83 0.1 37 0.1
Jefferson County 14 0.0 5 0.0
Jennings County 12 0.0 2 0.0
Johnson County 328 0.4 112 0.2
Kentucky 61 0.1 22 0.0
Knox County 28 0.0 6 0.0
Kosciusko County 11 0.0 3 0.0
LaPorte County 32 0.0 1 0.0
Lake County 186 0.2 11 0.0
Lawrence County 3,637 4.5 646 0.9
Madison County 31 0.0 10 0.0
Marion County 563 0.7 1,297 1.8
Marshall County 17 0.0 4 0.0
Martin County 82 0.1 1,060 1.5
Miami County 21 0.0 9 0.0
Michigan 105 0.1 12 0.0
Montgomery County 19 0.0 8 0.0
Morgan County 858 1.1 460 0.6
Ohio (State) 137 0.2 19 0.0
Orange County 186 0.2 15 0.0
Out of State 501 0.6 167 0.2
Owen County 2,344 2.9 461 0.6
Parke County 11 0.0 3 0.0
Pennsylvania 44 0.1 1 0.0
Porter County 85 0.1 2 0.0
Posey County 23 0.0 0 0.0
Putnam County 55 0.1 63 0.1
Ripley County 15 0.0 1 0.0
Rush County 11 0.0 2 0.0
Shelby County 33 0.0 9 0.0
Spencer County 14 0.0 7 0.0
St Joseph County 78 0.1 10 0.0
Steuben County 10 0.0 1 0.0
Sullivan County 32 0.0 2 0.0
Tippecanoe County 42 0.1 27 0.0
Vanderburgh County 48 0.1 24 0.0
Vigo County 63 0.1 75 0.1
Warrick County 30 0.0 0 0.0
Washington County 42 0.1 10 0.0
Wayne County 22 0.0 3 0.0
Wells County 10 0.0 0 0.0
Wisconsin 27 0.0 4 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