Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Lake County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2010

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Lake County and work (implied resident labor force) 293,355
Number of people who live AND work in Lake County 242,032
Total number of people who work in Lake County (implied work force) 280,712
Commuters
Number of people who live in Lake County but work outside the county 51,323
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Lake County 38,680

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Lake County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Porter County 18,994
Illinois 10,880
Jasper County 2,549
Out of State 1,719
LaPorte County 1,671
Total of above 35,813
(12.8% of Lake County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Lake County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Illinois 36,323
Porter County 6,225
Out of State 5,644
LaPorte County 971
Tippecanoe County 247
Total of above 49,410
(16.8% 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 24 0.0 22 0.0
Delaware County 9 0.0 63 0.0
Elkhart County 23 0.0 20 0.0
Fulton County 13 0.0 5 0.0
Hamilton County 33 0.0 25 0.0
Hendricks County 14 0.0 10 0.0
Illinois 10,880 3.9 36,323 12.4
Jasper County 2,549 0.9 242 0.1
Johnson County 15 0.0 10 0.0
Kentucky 98 0.0 112 0.0
Knox County 5 0.0 15 0.0
Kosciusko County 23 0.0 19 0.0
LaPorte County 1,671 0.6 971 0.3
Lagrange County 15 0.0 26 0.0
Madison County 12 0.0 23 0.0
Marion County 93 0.0 242 0.1
Marshall County 27 0.0 19 0.0
Michigan 109 0.0 143 0.0
Monroe County 9 0.0 148 0.1
Newton County 1,364 0.5 105 0.0
Out of State 1,719 0.6 5,644 1.9
Pennsylvania 10 0.0 37 0.0
Porter County 18,994 6.8 6,225 2.1
Posey County 10 0.0 6 0.0
Pulaski County 94 0.0 5 0.0
St Joseph County 107 0.0 158 0.1
Starke County 374 0.1 18 0.0
Ohio (State) 56 0.0 38 0.0
Tippecanoe County 38 0.0 247 0.1
Vanderburgh County 2 0.0 16 0.0
Vigo County 5 0.0 44 0.0
White County 43 0.0 15 0.0
Wisconsin 70 0.0 159 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 Mar 23, 2012