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

Whitley County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Whitley County and work (implied resident labor force) 22,503
Number of persons who live AND work in Whitley County 14,176
Total number of persons who work in Whitley County (implied work force) 17,419

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Whitley County but work outside the county 8,327
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Whitley County 3,243

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Whitley County:

Allen County 1,421 
Noble County 685 
Kosciusko County 342 
Huntington County 290 
Wabash County 149 
Total of above 2,887workers
( 16.6% of Whitley County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Whitley County:

Allen County 5,169 
Kosciusko County 1,269 
Noble County 813 
Huntington County 279 
Dekalb County 200 
Total of above 7,730workers
( 34.4% of Whitley 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
Whitley County
% of
Whitley County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Whitley County To:
% of
Whitley County
Labor Force
Adams County 7 0.0 18 0.1
Allen County 1,421 8.2 5,169 23.0
Dekalb County 109 0.6 200 0.9
Delaware County 1 0.0 11 0.0
Elkhart County 2 0.0 133 0.6
Fulton County 5 0.0 10 0.0
Grant County 13 0.1 9 0.0
Huntington County 290 1.7 279 1.2
Illinois 12 0.1 11 0.0
Kosciusko County 342 2.0 1,269 5.6
Lagrange County 17 0.1 31 0.1
Marion County 1 0.0 24 0.1
Marshall County 7 0.0 14 0.1
Noble County 685 3.9 813 3.6
Ohio (State) 24 0.1 21 0.1
Out of State 32 0.2 45 0.2
St Joseph County 7 0.0 17 0.1
Steuben County 26 0.1 6 0.0
Tippecanoe County 3 0.0 14 0.1
Wabash County 149 0.9 134 0.6
Wells County 30 0.2 23 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