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

St Joseph County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in St Joseph County and work (implied resident labor force)164,868
Number of persons who live AND work in St Joseph County 146,221
Total number of persons who work in St Joseph County (implied work force)166,473

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in St Joseph County but work outside the county 18,647
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in St Joseph County 20,252

Top five counties sending workers
INTO St Joseph County:

Michigan 6,684 
Elkhart County 4,265 
LaPorte County 2,684 
Marshall County 2,680 
Out of State 849 
Total of above 17,162workers
( 10.3% of St Joseph County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM St Joseph County:

Elkhart County 12,310 
Michigan 2,048 
Marshall County 1,120 
LaPorte County 990 
Out of State 585 
Total of above 17,053workers
( 10.3% of St Joseph 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
St Joseph County
% of
St Joseph County
Work Force
Commute FROM
St Joseph County To:
% of
St Joseph County
Labor Force
Allen County 64 0.0 65 0.0
Cass County 22 0.0 29 0.0
Clay County 21 0.0 6 0.0
Dekalb County 10 0.0 8 0.0
Delaware County 7 0.0 42 0.0
Elkhart County 4,265 2.6 12,310 7.5
Fulton County 179 0.1 31 0.0
Hamilton County 25 0.0 14 0.0
Illinois 407 0.2 257 0.2
Jasper County 13 0.0 8 0.0
Kentucky 53 0.0 11 0.0
Kosciusko County 195 0.1 192 0.1
LaPorte County 2,684 1.6 990 0.6
Lagrange County 74 0.0 53 0.0
Lake County 164 0.1 106 0.1
Marion County 47 0.0 102 0.1
Marshall County 2,680 1.6 1,120 0.7
Miami County 26 0.0 7 0.0
Michigan 6,684 4.0 2,048 1.2
Monroe County 11 0.0 89 0.1
Noble County 31 0.0 12 0.0
Ohio (State) 203 0.1 43 0.0
Out of State 849 0.5 585 0.4
Pennsylvania 100 0.1 13 0.0
Porter County 398 0.2 147 0.1
Pulaski County 19 0.0 4 0.0
Rush County 11 0.0 17 0.0
Scott County 14 0.0 25 0.0
Starke County 732 0.4 59 0.0
Steuben County 24 0.0 7 0.0
Tippecanoe County 18 0.0 78 0.0
Vigo County 6 0.0 14 0.0
Wabash County 7 0.0 13 0.0
Whitley County 14 0.0 5 0.0
Wisconsin 75 0.0 24 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