STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2007

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)125,656
Number of persons who live AND work in Elkhart County 117,282
Total number of persons who work in Elkhart County (implied work force)152,512

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Elkhart County but work outside the county 8,374
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Elkhart County 35,230

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Elkhart County:

St Joseph County 12,293 
Michigan 7,859 
Kosciusko County 4,710 
Lagrange County 3,883 
Marshall County 2,413 
Total of above 31,158workers
( 20.4% of Elkhart County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Elkhart County:

St Joseph County 4,482 
Lagrange County 922 
Kosciusko County 837 
Michigan 522 
Out of State 363 
Total of above 7,126workers
( 5.7% 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 18 0.0 4 0.0
Allen County 157 0.1 87 0.1
Cass County 21 0.0 12 0.0
Crawford County 10 0.0 0 0.0
Dekalb County 74 0.0 13 0.0
Delaware County 6 0.0 39 0.0
Dubois County 4 0.0 18 0.0
Fulton County 148 0.1 9 0.0
Grant County 17 0.0 12 0.0
Hamilton County 28 0.0 9 0.0
Howard County 10 0.0 1 0.0
Huntington County 21 0.0 2 0.0
Illinois 86 0.1 68 0.1
Kentucky 16 0.0 0 0.0
Kosciusko County 4,710 3.1 837 0.7
LaPorte County 263 0.2 57 0.0
Lagrange County 3,883 2.5 922 0.7
Lake County 21 0.0 22 0.0
Marion County 35 0.0 54 0.0
Marshall County 2,413 1.6 318 0.3
Miami County 54 0.0 5 0.0
Michigan 7,859 5.2 522 0.4
Monroe County 6 0.0 32 0.0
Noble County 1,695 1.1 255 0.2
Ohio (State) 79 0.1 29 0.0
Out of State 360 0.2 363 0.3
Pennsylvania 36 0.0 7 0.0
Porter County 35 0.0 17 0.0
Pulaski County 13 0.0 2 0.0
St Joseph County 12,293 8.1 4,482 3.6
Starke County 274 0.2 0 0.0
Steuben County 197 0.1 20 0.0
Tippecanoe County 7 0.0 48 0.0
Wabash County 80 0.1 12 0.0
Washington County 10 0.0 1 0.0
Whitley County 120 0.1 5 0.0
Wisconsin 20 0.0 5 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 Jan 15, 2009