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

Parke County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Parke County and work (implied resident labor force) 10,170
Number of persons who live AND work in Parke County 6,662
Total number of persons who work in Parke County (implied work force) 7,508

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Parke County but work outside the county 3,508
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Parke County 846

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Parke County:

Vermillion County 369 
Vigo County 119 
Fountain County 75 
Clay County 54 
Montgomery County 47 
Total of above 664workers
( 8.8% of Parke County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Parke County:

Vigo County 1,337 
Vermillion County 563 
Montgomery County 382 
Marion County 270 
Putnam County 265 
Total of above 2,817workers
( 27.7% of Parke 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
Parke County
% of
Parke County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Parke County To:
% of
Parke County
Labor Force
Boone County 2 0.0 12 0.1
Clay County 54 0.7 217 2.1
Fountain County 75 1.0 100 1.0
Hendricks County 24 0.3 88 0.9
Illinois 26 0.3 87 0.9
Marion County 7 0.1 270 2.7
Monroe County 3 0.0 11 0.1
Montgomery County 47 0.6 382 3.8
Out of State 22 0.3 45 0.4
Putnam County 46 0.6 265 2.6
Sullivan County 10 0.1 5 0.0
Tippecanoe County 1 0.0 44 0.4
Vermillion County 369 4.9 563 5.5
Vigo County 119 1.6 1,337 13.1

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