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

Starke County, Indiana

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

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Starke County and work (implied resident labor force) 14,576
Number of persons who live AND work in Starke County 9,034
Total number of persons who work in Starke County (implied work force) 9,894

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Starke County but work outside the county 5,542
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Starke County 860

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Starke County:

Pulaski County 244 
Marshall County 197 
LaPorte County 124 
Porter County 68 
St Joseph County 59 
Total of above 692workers
( 7.0% of Starke County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Starke County:

Marshall County 1,542 
Porter County 756 
St Joseph County 732 
LaPorte County 699 
Lake County 557 
Total of above 4,286workers
( 29.4% of Starke 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
Starke County
% of
Starke County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Starke County To:
% of
Starke County
Labor Force
Allen County 0 0.0 12 0.1
Cass County 3 0.0 10 0.1
Elkhart County 1 0.0 360 2.5
Fulton County 19 0.2 34 0.2
Illinois 16 0.2 137 0.9
Jasper County 30 0.3 149 1.0
Kosciusko County 4 0.0 46 0.3
LaPorte County 124 1.3 699 4.8
Lake County 23 0.2 557 3.8
Marion County 1 0.0 25 0.2
Marshall County 197 2.0 1,542 10.6
Michigan 7 0.1 18 0.1
Out of State 9 0.1 83 0.6
Porter County 68 0.7 756 5.2
Pulaski County 244 2.5 248 1.7
St Joseph County 59 0.6 732 5.0
Tippecanoe County 9 0.1 34 0.2
White County 10 0.1 15 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