Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Lake County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2008
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Lake County and work (implied resident labor force) | 299,466 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Lake County | 238,912 |
| Total number of people who work in Lake County (implied work force) | 278,389 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Lake County but work outside the county | 60,554 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Lake County | 39,477 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO Lake County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| Porter County | 19,460 |
| Illinois | 10,985 |
| Jasper County | 2,533 |
| Out of State * | 1,946 |
| LaPorte County | 1,610 |
| Total of above | 36,534 |
| (13.1% of Lake County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Lake County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| Illinois | 36,695 |
| Out of State * | 13,819 |
| Porter County | 6,392 |
| LaPorte County | 992 |
| Tippecanoe County | 270 |
| Total of above | 58,168 |
| (19.4% of Lake County labor force) | | 
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Detailed Commuting Table for Lake County
(Includes counties where 10 or more people either commute into or out of this county)
| County Name | Commute INTO Lake County | % of Lake County Workforce |
Commute FROM Lake County To: | % of Lake County Labor Force |
|---|
| Adams County | 2 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Allen County | 18 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Benton County | 7 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Clark County | 11 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Clay County | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Clinton County | 7 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Daviess County | 4 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Dearborn County | 5 | 0.0 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 5 | 0.0 | 60 | 0.0 |
| Elkhart County | 12 | 0.0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Franklin County | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 16 | 0.0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 20 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Hendricks County | 17 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 10,985 | 3.9 | 36,695 | 12.3 |
| Jasper County | 2,533 | 0.9 | 265 | 0.1 |
| Johnson County | 9 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 53 | 0.0 | 83 | 0.0 |
| Knox County | 7 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 17 | 0.0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| LaPorte County | 1,610 | 0.6 | 992 | 0.3 |
| Lagrange County | 19 | 0.0 | 75 | 0.0 |
| Madison County | 7 | 0.0 | 43 | 0.0 |
| Marion County | 73 | 0.0 | 249 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 27 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 139 | 0.0 | 143 | 0.0 |
| Monroe County | 10 | 0.0 | 179 | 0.1 |
| Montgomery County | 6 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Newton County | 1,422 | 0.5 | 102 | 0.0 |
| Out of State * | 1,946 | 0.7 | 13,819 | 4.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Porter County | 19,460 | 7.0 | 6,392 | 2.1 |
| Posey County | 15 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Pulaski County | 102 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Spencer County | 3 | 0.0 | 51 | 0.0 |
| St Joseph County | 98 | 0.0 | 155 | 0.1 |
| Starke County | 417 | 0.1 | 68 | 0.0 |
| Ohio (State) | 49 | 0.0 | 40 | 0.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 36 | 0.0 | 270 | 0.1 |
| Vanderburgh County | 4 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Vigo County | 3 | 0.0 | 43 | 0.0 |
| Wabash County | 1 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| White County | 43 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Whitley County | 3 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 127 | 0.0 | 241 | 0.1 |
*Commuters to/from Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania are shown separately and are not included in the "Out of State" category.
The 2008 data show unusually large increases in commuting
to out-of-state for all Indiana counties. The Indiana Department
of Revenue reports no changes in the calculation method for these
data, but STATS Indiana advises caution when conducting analysis using the 2008 out-of-state data.
Note: 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 like the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Source: IBRC, using Indiana Department of Revenue data
This table was produced by STATS Indiana on Jun 28, 2011
