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

Starke County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Starke County and work (implied resident labor force) 14,647
Number of persons who live AND work in Starke County 8,977
Total number of persons who work in Starke County (implied work force) 9,818

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Starke County but work outside the county 5,670
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Starke County 841

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Starke County:

Pulaski County 239 
Marshall County 176 
LaPorte County 127 
St Joseph County 64 
Porter County 61 
Total of above 667workers
( 6.8% of Starke County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Starke County:

Marshall County 1,598 
Porter County 790 
St Joseph County 756 
LaPorte County 743 
Lake County 542 
Total of above 4,429workers
( 30.2% of Starke 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
Starke County
% of
Starke County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Starke County To:
% of
Starke County
Labor Force
Cass County 3 0.0 12 0.1
Elkhart County 2 0.0 320 2.2
Fulton County 22 0.2 32 0.2
Illinois 10 0.1 141 1.0
Jasper County 23 0.2 159 1.1
Kosciusko County 4 0.0 56 0.4
LaPorte County 127 1.3 743 5.1
Lake County 22 0.2 542 3.7
Marion County 3 0.0 19 0.1
Marshall County 176 1.8 1,598 10.9
Michigan 3 0.0 16 0.1
Out of State 9 0.1 79 0.5
Porter County 61 0.6 790 5.4
Pulaski County 239 2.4 264 1.8
St Joseph County 64 0.7 756 5.2
Tippecanoe County 6 0.1 32 0.2
White County 9 0.1 13 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