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

Lagrange County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Lagrange County and work (implied resident labor force) 22,976
Number of persons who live AND work in Lagrange County 16,462
Total number of persons who work in Lagrange County (implied work force) 20,397

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Lagrange County but work outside the county 6,514
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Lagrange County 3,935

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Lagrange County:

Noble County 1,302 
Elkhart County 904 
Michigan 825 
Steuben County 341 
Allen County 111 
Total of above 3,483workers
( 17.1% of Lagrange County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Lagrange County:

Elkhart County 3,842 
Noble County 906 
Michigan 515 
Allen County 404 
Steuben County 312 
Total of above 5,979workers
( 26.0% of Lagrange 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
Lagrange County
% of
Lagrange County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Lagrange County To:
% of
Lagrange County
Labor Force
Allen County 111 0.5 404 1.8
Dekalb County 104 0.5 193 0.8
Elkhart County 904 4.4 3,842 16.7
Illinois 15 0.1 7 0.0
Kosciusko County 86 0.4 43 0.2
Lake County 29 0.1 13 0.1
Marion County 6 0.0 15 0.1
Marshall County 16 0.1 5 0.0
Michigan 825 4.0 515 2.2
Noble County 1,302 6.4 906 3.9
Out of State 32 0.2 65 0.3
St Joseph County 53 0.3 74 0.3
Steuben County 341 1.7 312 1.4
Tippecanoe County 1 0.0 11 0.0
Whitley County 27 0.1 20 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 8, 2008