Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Elkhart County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2009
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Elkhart County and work (implied resident labor force) | 118,911 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Elkhart County | 110,745 |
| Total number of people who work in Elkhart County (implied work force) | 134,313 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Elkhart County but work outside the county | 8,166 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Elkhart County | 23,568 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO Elkhart County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| St Joseph County | 8,443 |
| Michigan | 5,274 |
| Kosciusko County | 3,217 |
| Lagrange County | 2,559 |
| Marshall County | 1,294 |
| Total of above | 20,787 |
| (15.5% of Elkhart County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Elkhart County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| St Joseph County | 4,502 |
| Kosciusko County | 739 |
| Lagrange County | 739 |
| Michigan | 441 |
| Out of State | 441 |
| Total of above | 6,862 |
| ( 5.8% of Elkhart County labor force) | | 
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Detailed Commuting Table for Elkhart County
(Includes counties where 10 or more people either commute into or out of this county)
| County Name | Commute INTO Elkhart County | % of Elkhart County Workforce |
Commute FROM Elkhart County To: | % of Elkhart County Labor Force |
|---|
| Adams County | 12 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Allen County | 127 | 0.1 | 86 | 0.1 |
| Cass County | 21 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Clark County | 30 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Dekalb County | 29 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 3 | 0.0 | 45 | 0.0 |
| Dubois County | 9 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Fayette County | 4 | 0.0 | 43 | 0.0 |
| Floyd County | 10 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Fountain County | 6 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 68 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Gibson County | 4 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Grant County | 15 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Greene County | 3 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 26 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Hancock County | 23 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 49 | 0.0 | 57 | 0.0 |
| Johnson County | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 12 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 3,217 | 2.4 | 739 | 0.6 |
| LaPorte County | 153 | 0.1 | 36 | 0.0 |
| Lagrange County | 2,559 | 1.9 | 739 | 0.6 |
| Lake County | 22 | 0.0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Madison County | 11 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Marion County | 22 | 0.0 | 58 | 0.0 |
| Marshall County | 1,294 | 1.0 | 286 | 0.2 |
| Miami County | 24 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 5,274 | 3.9 | 441 | 0.4 |
| Monroe County | 7 | 0.0 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Noble County | 1,206 | 0.9 | 175 | 0.1 |
| Out of State | 272 | 0.2 | 441 | 0.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Porter County | 29 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Rush County | 26 | 0.0 | 42 | 0.0 |
| St Joseph County | 8,443 | 6.3 | 4,502 | 3.8 |
| Starke County | 124 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Ohio (State) | 35 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Steuben County | 99 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 10 | 0.0 | 49 | 0.0 |
| Wabash County | 40 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Washington County | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Wells County | 11 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Whitley County | 104 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | 0.0 | 7 | 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.
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 3, 2011
