Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Starke County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2008
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Starke County and work (implied resident labor force) | 14,720 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Starke County | 9,525 |
| Total number of people who work in Starke County (implied work force) | 10,530 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Starke County but work outside the county | 5,195 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Starke County | 1,005 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO Starke County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| Pulaski County | 289 |
| Marshall County | 186 |
| LaPorte County | 93 |
| Porter County | 75 |
| Lake County | 68 |
| Total of above | 711 |
| ( 6.8% of Starke County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Starke County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| Marshall County | 1,479 |
| Porter County | 671 |
| St Joseph County | 616 |
| LaPorte County | 586 |
| Out of State * | 466 |
| Total of above | 3,818 |
| (25.9% of Starke County labor force) | | 
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Detailed Commuting Table for Starke County
(Includes counties where 10 or more people either commute into or out of this county)
| County Name | Commute INTO Starke County | % of Starke County Workforce |
Commute FROM Starke County To: | % of Starke County Labor Force |
|---|
| Allen County | 4 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.1 |
| Cass County | 6 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 |
| Clark County | 17 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dearborn County | 12 | 0.1 | 15 | 0.1 |
| Elkhart County | 5 | 0.0 | 171 | 1.2 |
| Floyd County | 12 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 25 | 0.2 | 32 | 0.2 |
| Illinois | 7 | 0.1 | 91 | 0.6 |
| Jasper County | 41 | 0.4 | 120 | 0.8 |
| Knox County | 11 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 3 | 0.0 | 42 | 0.3 |
| LaPorte County | 93 | 0.9 | 586 | 4.0 |
| Lake County | 68 | 0.6 | 417 | 2.8 |
| Marion County | 3 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 186 | 1.8 | 1,479 | 10.0 |
| Michigan | 8 | 0.1 | 19 | 0.1 |
| Out of State * | 14 | 0.1 | 466 | 3.2 |
| Porter County | 75 | 0.7 | 671 | 4.6 |
| Pulaski County | 289 | 2.7 | 274 | 1.9 |
| St Joseph County | 45 | 0.4 | 616 | 4.2 |
| Tippecanoe County | 12 | 0.1 | 29 | 0.2 |
| White County | 8 | 0.1 | 19 | 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
