Annual Commuting Trends Profile
St Joseph County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2009
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in St Joseph County and work (implied resident labor force) | 161,104 |
| Number of people who live AND work in St Joseph County | 146,462 |
| Total number of people who work in St Joseph County (implied work force) | 165,369 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in St Joseph County but work outside the county | 14,642 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in St Joseph County | 18,907 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO St Joseph County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| Michigan | 6,258 |
| Elkhart County | 4,502 |
| Marshall County | 2,395 |
| LaPorte County | 2,181 |
| Out of State | 905 |
| Total of above | 16,241 |
| ( 9.8% of St Joseph County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM St Joseph County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| Elkhart County | 8,443 |
| Michigan | 1,619 |
| Marshall County | 1,019 |
| LaPorte County | 937 |
| Out of State | 794 |
| Total of above | 12,812 |
| ( 8.0% of St Joseph County labor force) | | 
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Detailed Commuting Table for St Joseph County
(Includes counties where 10 or more people either commute into or out of this county)
| County Name | Commute INTO St Joseph County | % of St Joseph County Workforce |
Commute FROM St Joseph County To: | % of St Joseph County Labor Force |
|---|
| Allen County | 61 | 0.0 | 44 | 0.0 |
| Cass County | 25 | 0.0 | 35 | 0.0 |
| Clay County | 69 | 0.0 | 86 | 0.1 |
| Dekalb County | 8 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 8 | 0.0 | 46 | 0.0 |
| Elkhart County | 4,502 | 2.7 | 8,443 | 5.2 |
| Fayette County | 13 | 0.0 | 44 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 126 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Grant County | 11 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 33 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 315 | 0.2 | 202 | 0.1 |
| Johnson County | 11 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 22 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 152 | 0.1 | 162 | 0.1 |
| LaPorte County | 2,181 | 1.3 | 937 | 0.6 |
| Lagrange County | 75 | 0.0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Lake County | 136 | 0.1 | 104 | 0.1 |
| Madison County | 9 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Marion County | 50 | 0.0 | 116 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 2,395 | 1.4 | 1,019 | 0.6 |
| Miami County | 19 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 6,258 | 3.8 | 1,619 | 1.0 |
| Monroe County | 11 | 0.0 | 75 | 0.0 |
| Noble County | 30 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Out of State | 905 | 0.5 | 794 | 0.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 102 | 0.1 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Porter County | 261 | 0.2 | 122 | 0.1 |
| Pulaski County | 16 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Rush County | 21 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Scott County | 26 | 0.0 | 45 | 0.0 |
| Shelby County | 3 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Spencer County | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Starke County | 593 | 0.4 | 45 | 0.0 |
| Ohio (State) | 158 | 0.1 | 47 | 0.0 |
| Steuben County | 40 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Sullivan County | 11 | 0.0 | 157 | 0.1 |
| Tippecanoe County | 24 | 0.0 | 87 | 0.1 |
| Vigo County | 3 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| White County | 8 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Whitley County | 14 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 78 | 0.0 | 28 | 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
