Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Lake County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2009
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Lake County and work (implied resident labor force) | 296,657 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Lake County | 244,291 |
| Total number of people who work in Lake County (implied work force) | 282,490 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Lake County but work outside the county | 52,366 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Lake County | 38,199 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO Lake County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| Porter County | 19,162 |
| Illinois | 10,546 |
| Jasper County | 2,561 |
| LaPorte County | 1,584 |
| Out of State | 1,494 |
| Total of above | 35,347 |
| (12.5% of Lake County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Lake County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| Illinois | 36,626 |
| Out of State | 6,384 |
| Porter County | 6,227 |
| LaPorte County | 980 |
| Jasper County | 260 |
| Total of above | 50,477 |
| (17.0% 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 |
|---|
| Allen County | 16 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 5 | 0.0 | 73 | 0.0 |
| Elkhart County | 24 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 11 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 29 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Hendricks County | 25 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 10,546 | 3.7 | 36,626 | 12.3 |
| Jasper County | 2,561 | 0.9 | 260 | 0.1 |
| Jennings County | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Johnson County | 14 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 60 | 0.0 | 96 | 0.0 |
| Knox County | 3 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 14 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| LaPorte County | 1,584 | 0.6 | 980 | 0.3 |
| Lagrange County | 16 | 0.0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Madison County | 14 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Marion County | 177 | 0.1 | 232 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 33 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 99 | 0.0 | 112 | 0.0 |
| Monroe County | 14 | 0.0 | 167 | 0.1 |
| Montgomery County | 6 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Newton County | 1,371 | 0.5 | 105 | 0.0 |
| Out of State | 1,494 | 0.5 | 6,384 | 2.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | 0.0 | 35 | 0.0 |
| Porter County | 19,162 | 6.8 | 6,227 | 2.1 |
| Posey County | 14 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Pulaski County | 90 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| St Joseph County | 104 | 0.0 | 136 | 0.0 |
| Starke County | 369 | 0.1 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Ohio (State) | 30 | 0.0 | 35 | 0.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 34 | 0.0 | 239 | 0.1 |
| Unknown | 20 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Vanderburgh County | 5 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Vigo County | 7 | 0.0 | 40 | 0.0 |
| Wabash County | 2 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| White County | 35 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 59 | 0.0 | 169 | 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.
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
