Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Putnam County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2010
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Putnam County and work (implied resident labor force) | 22,013 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Putnam County | 16,574 |
| Total number of people who work in Putnam County (implied work force) | 19,710 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Putnam County but work outside the county | 5,439 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Putnam County | 3,136 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO Putnam County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| Clay County | 860 |
| Owen County | 655 |
| Hendricks County | 462 |
| Parke County | 208 |
| Vigo County | 187 |
| Total of above | 2,372 |
| (12.0% of Putnam County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Putnam County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| Marion County | 2,360 |
| Hendricks County | 1,387 |
| Montgomery County | 436 |
| Vigo County | 253 |
| Clay County | 234 |
| Total of above | 4,670 |
| (21.2% of Putnam County labor force) | | 
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Detailed Commuting Table for Putnam County
(Includes counties where 10 or more people either commute into or out of this county)
| County Name | Commute INTO Putnam County | % of Putnam County Workforce |
Commute FROM Putnam County To: | % of Putnam County Labor Force |
|---|
| Boone County | 16 | 0.1 | 69 | 0.3 |
| Clay County | 860 | 4.4 | 234 | 1.1 |
| Fountain County | 10 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Greene County | 14 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 22 | 0.1 | 62 | 0.3 |
| Hendricks County | 462 | 2.3 | 1,387 | 6.3 |
| Illinois | 43 | 0.2 | 22 | 0.1 |
| Johnson County | 21 | 0.1 | 43 | 0.2 |
| Knox County | 2 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Marion County | 116 | 0.6 | 2,360 | 10.7 |
| Monroe County | 66 | 0.3 | 46 | 0.2 |
| Montgomery County | 110 | 0.6 | 436 | 2.0 |
| Morgan County | 121 | 0.6 | 95 | 0.4 |
| Out of State | 73 | 0.4 | 114 | 0.5 |
| Owen County | 655 | 3.3 | 70 | 0.3 |
| Parke County | 208 | 1.1 | 62 | 0.3 |
| Porter County | 11 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Ohio (State) | 10 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 10 | 0.1 | 33 | 0.1 |
| Vermillion County | 12 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 |
| Vigo County | 187 | 0.9 | 253 | 1.1 |
*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
