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

Hamilton County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Hamilton County and work (implied resident labor force)160,076
Number of persons who live AND work in Hamilton County 97,104
Total number of persons who work in Hamilton County (implied work force)126,145

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Hamilton County but work outside the county 62,972
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Hamilton County 29,041

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Hamilton County:

Marion County 12,452 
Madison County 4,830 
Boone County 1,884 
Hancock County 1,620 
Hendricks County 1,458 
Total of above 22,244workers
( 17.6% of Hamilton County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Hamilton County:

Marion County 52,742 
Howard County 2,421 
Madison County 1,546 
Boone County 892 
Hancock County 636 
Total of above 58,237workers
( 36.4% of Hamilton 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
Hamilton County
% of
Hamilton County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Hamilton County To:
% of
Hamilton County
Labor Force
Allen County 31 0.0 74 0.0
Bartholomew County 46 0.0 76 0.0
Blackford County 19 0.0 7 0.0
Boone County 1,884 1.5 892 0.6
Brown County 32 0.0 10 0.0
Carroll County 33 0.0 7 0.0
Cass County 42 0.0 36 0.0
Clay County 20 0.0 28 0.0
Clinton County 298 0.2 164 0.1
Dearborn County 596 0.5 14 0.0
Decatur County 31 0.0 27 0.0
Delaware County 471 0.4 541 0.3
Elkhart County 8 0.0 29 0.0
Fayette County 25 0.0 9 0.0
Franklin County 104 0.1 20 0.0
Grant County 143 0.1 204 0.1
Greene County 18 0.0 19 0.0
Hancock County 1,620 1.3 636 0.4
Hendricks County 1,458 1.2 553 0.3
Henry County 350 0.3 71 0.0
Howard County 618 0.5 2,421 1.5
Huntington County 7 0.0 15 0.0
Illinois 122 0.1 133 0.1
Jackson County 9 0.0 18 0.0
Jay County 18 0.0 1 0.0
Johnson County 686 0.5 291 0.2
Kentucky 35 0.0 48 0.0
Lake County 30 0.0 22 0.0
Lawrence County 24 0.0 58 0.0
Madison County 4,830 3.8 1,546 1.0
Marion County 12,452 9.9 52,742 32.9
Miami County 57 0.0 80 0.0
Michigan 54 0.0 52 0.0
Monroe County 55 0.0 218 0.1
Montgomery County 82 0.1 36 0.0
Morgan County 253 0.2 67 0.0
Noble County 10 0.0 7 0.0
Ohio County 26 0.0 3 0.0
Ohio (State) 209 0.2 124 0.1
Out of State 380 0.3 580 0.4
Owen County 26 0.0 3 0.0
Pennsylvania 9 0.0 16 0.0
Pike County 10 0.0 11 0.0
Porter County 14 0.0 12 0.0
Putnam County 72 0.1 15 0.0
Randolph County 26 0.0 8 0.0
Ripley County 61 0.0 10 0.0
Rush County 52 0.0 11 0.0
Shelby County 181 0.1 75 0.0
St Joseph County 14 0.0 25 0.0
Switzerland County 11 0.0 0 0.0
Tippecanoe County 123 0.1 348 0.2
Tipton County 989 0.8 298 0.2
Vanderburgh County 2 0.0 16 0.0
Vigo County 18 0.0 44 0.0
Wabash County 8 0.0 12 0.0
Washington County 8 0.0 10 0.0
Wayne County 55 0.0 26 0.0
Wisconsin 14 0.0 18 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