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

St Joseph County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in St Joseph County and work (implied resident labor force)164,648
Number of persons who live AND work in St Joseph County 146,479
Total number of persons who work in St Joseph County (implied work force)166,417

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in St Joseph County but work outside the county 18,169
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in St Joseph County 19,938

Top five counties sending workers
INTO St Joseph County:

Michigan 6,412 
Elkhart County 4,132 
Marshall County 2,754 
LaPorte County 2,682 
Out of State 907 
Total of above 16,887workers
( 10.1% of St Joseph County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM St Joseph County:

Elkhart County 11,952 
Michigan 2,021 
Marshall County 1,129 
LaPorte County 957 
Out of State 556 
Total of above 16,615workers
( 10.1% of St Joseph 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
St Joseph County
% of
St Joseph County
Work Force
Commute FROM
St Joseph County To:
% of
St Joseph County
Labor Force
Allen County 59 0.0 40 0.0
Cass County 18 0.0 37 0.0
Clark County 13 0.0 4 0.0
Clay County 16 0.0 9 0.0
Dekalb County 12 0.0 6 0.0
Delaware County 11 0.0 40 0.0
Elkhart County 4,132 2.5 11,952 7.3
Fulton County 163 0.1 27 0.0
Hamilton County 25 0.0 7 0.0
Howard County 11 0.0 14 0.0
Illinois 348 0.2 208 0.1
Jasper County 13 0.0 8 0.0
Kentucky 40 0.0 6 0.0
Kosciusko County 182 0.1 228 0.1
LaPorte County 2,682 1.6 957 0.6
Lagrange County 85 0.1 54 0.0
Lake County 197 0.1 97 0.1
Madison County 4 0.0 11 0.0
Marion County 51 0.0 99 0.1
Marshall County 2,754 1.7 1,129 0.7
Miami County 27 0.0 7 0.0
Michigan 6,412 3.9 2,021 1.2
Monroe County 10 0.0 78 0.0
Noble County 26 0.0 21 0.0
Ohio (State) 181 0.1 44 0.0
Out of State 907 0.5 556 0.3
Pennsylvania 88 0.1 13 0.0
Porter County 399 0.2 117 0.1
Pulaski County 19 0.0 3 0.0
Rush County 7 0.0 12 0.0
Scott County 19 0.0 21 0.0
Starke County 756 0.5 64 0.0
Steuben County 22 0.0 9 0.0
Tippecanoe County 8 0.0 81 0.0
Vanderburgh County 6 0.0 10 0.0
Vigo County 4 0.0 18 0.0
Wabash County 7 0.0 16 0.0
Whitley County 17 0.0 7 0.0
Wisconsin 96 0.1 23 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