STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2006

Elkhart County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Elkhart County and work (implied resident labor force)121,858
Number of persons who live AND work in Elkhart County 113,925
Total number of persons who work in Elkhart County (implied work force)149,046

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Elkhart County but work outside the county 7,933
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Elkhart County 35,121

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Elkhart County:

St Joseph County 12,310 
Michigan 7,801 
Kosciusko County 4,622 
Lagrange County 3,842 
Marshall County 2,445 
Total of above 31,020workers
( 20.8% of Elkhart County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Elkhart County:

St Joseph County 4,265 
Lagrange County 904 
Kosciusko County 844 
Michigan 521 
Marshall County 276 
Total of above 6,810workers
( 5.6% of Elkhart 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
Elkhart County
% of
Elkhart County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Elkhart County To:
% of
Elkhart County
Labor Force
Adams County 16 0.0 6 0.0
Allen County 157 0.1 83 0.1
Cass County 31 0.0 14 0.0
Dekalb County 65 0.0 13 0.0
Delaware County 12 0.0 24 0.0
Fulton County 159 0.1 8 0.0
Grant County 17 0.0 10 0.0
Hamilton County 29 0.0 8 0.0
Huntington County 14 0.0 4 0.0
Illinois 103 0.1 60 0.0
Jefferson County 10 0.0 0 0.0
Kentucky 19 0.0 8 0.0
Kosciusko County 4,622 3.1 844 0.7
LaPorte County 273 0.2 53 0.0
Lagrange County 3,842 2.6 904 0.7
Lake County 23 0.0 16 0.0
Madison County 13 0.0 4 0.0
Marion County 19 0.0 50 0.0
Marshall County 2,445 1.6 276 0.2
Miami County 68 0.0 1 0.0
Michigan 7,801 5.2 521 0.4
Monroe County 6 0.0 22 0.0
Noble County 1,587 1.1 231 0.2
Ohio (State) 72 0.0 28 0.0
Out of State 364 0.2 269 0.2
Pennsylvania 31 0.0 9 0.0
Porter County 36 0.0 15 0.0
St Joseph County 12,310 8.3 4,265 3.5
Starke County 360 0.2 1 0.0
Steuben County 196 0.1 24 0.0
Tippecanoe County 15 0.0 39 0.0
Wabash County 82 0.1 11 0.0
Wells County 10 0.0 0 0.0
Whitley County 144 0.1 2 0.0
Wisconsin 16 0.0 13 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 8, 2008