Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Porter County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2008
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Porter County and work (implied resident labor force) | 107,550 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Porter County | 74,128 |
| Total number of people who work in Porter County (implied work force) | 87,605 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Porter County but work outside the county | 33,422 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Porter County | 13,477 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO Porter County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| Lake County | 6,392 |
| LaPorte County | 3,587 |
| Jasper County | 971 |
| Starke County | 671 |
| Illinois | 560 |
| Total of above | 12,181 |
| (13.9% of Porter County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Porter County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| Lake County | 19,460 |
| Illinois | 5,216 |
| Out of State * | 3,669 |
| LaPorte County | 3,286 |
| Jasper County | 344 |
| Total of above | 31,975 |
| (29.7% of Porter County labor force) | | 
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Detailed Commuting Table for Porter County
(Includes counties where 10 or more people either commute into or out of this county)
| County Name | Commute INTO Porter County | % of Porter County Workforce |
Commute FROM Porter County To: | % of Porter County Labor Force |
|---|
| Allen County | 16 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Benton County | 6 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Daviess County | 8 | 0.0 | 43 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 5 | 0.0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Elkhart County | 20 | 0.0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Franklin County | 4 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 14 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 11 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 560 | 0.6 | 5,216 | 4.8 |
| Jasper County | 971 | 1.1 | 344 | 0.3 |
| Kentucky | 13 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 4 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| LaPorte County | 3,587 | 4.1 | 3,286 | 3.1 |
| Lagrange County | 17 | 0.0 | 54 | 0.1 |
| Lake County | 6,392 | 7.3 | 19,460 | 18.1 |
| Madison County | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Marion County | 14 | 0.0 | 90 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 49 | 0.1 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 170 | 0.2 | 178 | 0.2 |
| Monroe County | 9 | 0.0 | 61 | 0.1 |
| Montgomery County | 5 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Newton County | 106 | 0.1 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Out of State * | 355 | 0.4 | 3,669 | 3.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Pike County | 4 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Posey County | 10 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Pulaski County | 123 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Putnam County | 4 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Spencer County | 3 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| St Joseph County | 116 | 0.1 | 265 | 0.2 |
| Starke County | 671 | 0.8 | 75 | 0.1 |
| Ohio (State) | 32 | 0.0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 19 | 0.0 | 97 | 0.1 |
| Vanderburgh County | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Vigo County | 4 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| White County | 11 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 25 | 0.0 | 30 | 0.0 |
*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
