Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Starke County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2009
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Starke County and work (implied resident labor force) | 14,356 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Starke County | 9,726 |
| Total number of people who work in Starke County (implied work force) | 10,574 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Starke County but work outside the county | 4,630 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Starke County | 848 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO Starke County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| Pulaski County | 255 |
| Marshall County | 179 |
| LaPorte County | 81 |
| Porter County | 62 |
| St Joseph County | 45 |
| Total of above | 622 |
| ( 5.9% of Starke County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Starke County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| Marshall County | 1,400 |
| Porter County | 682 |
| St Joseph County | 593 |
| LaPorte County | 581 |
| Lake County | 369 |
| Total of above | 3,625 |
| (25.3% 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 |
|---|
| Cass County | 4 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.1 |
| Dearborn County | 16 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.1 |
| Elkhart County | 4 | 0.0 | 124 | 0.9 |
| Fulton County | 32 | 0.3 | 33 | 0.2 |
| Illinois | 4 | 0.0 | 95 | 0.7 |
| Jasper County | 35 | 0.3 | 120 | 0.8 |
| Kosciusko County | 2 | 0.0 | 35 | 0.2 |
| LaPorte County | 81 | 0.8 | 581 | 4.0 |
| Lake County | 19 | 0.2 | 369 | 2.6 |
| Marion County | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 179 | 1.7 | 1,400 | 9.8 |
| Michigan | 4 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.2 |
| Out of State | 6 | 0.1 | 94 | 0.7 |
| Porter County | 62 | 0.6 | 682 | 4.8 |
| Pulaski County | 255 | 2.4 | 293 | 2.0 |
| St Joseph County | 45 | 0.4 | 593 | 4.1 |
| Tippecanoe County | 28 | 0.3 | 32 | 0.2 |
| White County | 10 | 0.1 | 22 | 0.2 |
*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
