Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Porter County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2009
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Porter County and work (implied resident labor force) | 106,390 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Porter County | 76,079 |
| Total number of people who work in Porter County (implied work force) | 89,238 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Porter County but work outside the county | 30,311 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Porter County | 13,159 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO Porter County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| Lake County | 6,227 |
| LaPorte County | 3,527 |
| Jasper County | 968 |
| Starke County | 682 |
| Illinois | 594 |
| Total of above | 11,998 |
| (13.4% of Porter County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Porter County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| Lake County | 19,162 |
| Illinois | 5,152 |
| LaPorte County | 3,203 |
| Out of State | 1,138 |
| Jasper County | 353 |
| Total of above | 29,008 |
| (27.3% 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 | 7 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Benton County | 5 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Daviess County | 7 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Elkhart County | 21 | 0.0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 13 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 11 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 594 | 0.7 | 5,152 | 4.8 |
| Jasper County | 968 | 1.1 | 353 | 0.3 |
| Johnson County | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 13 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 10 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| LaPorte County | 3,527 | 4.0 | 3,203 | 3.0 |
| Lagrange County | 11 | 0.0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Lake County | 6,227 | 7.0 | 19,162 | 18.0 |
| Marion County | 15 | 0.0 | 96 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 50 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 124 | 0.1 | 170 | 0.2 |
| Monroe County | 5 | 0.0 | 67 | 0.1 |
| Newton County | 105 | 0.1 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Out of State | 250 | 0.3 | 1,138 | 1.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Posey County | 10 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Pulaski County | 123 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Putnam County | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Ripley County | 8 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| St Joseph County | 122 | 0.1 | 261 | 0.2 |
| Starke County | 682 | 0.8 | 62 | 0.1 |
| Ohio (State) | 39 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 18 | 0.0 | 101 | 0.1 |
| Vanderburgh County | 2 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Vigo County | 9 | 0.0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| White County | 18 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 38 | 0.0 | 43 | 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
