Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Porter County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2011
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Porter County and work (implied resident labor force) | 107,475 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Porter County | 77,331 |
| Total number of people who work in Porter County (implied work force) | 90,988 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Porter County but work outside the county | 30,144 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Porter County | 13,657 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO Porter County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| Lake County | 6,519 |
| LaPorte County | 3,541 |
| Jasper County | 1,011 |
| Illinois | 736 |
| Starke County | 665 |
| Total of above | 12,472 |
| (13.7% of Porter County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Porter County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| Lake County | 19,020 |
| Illinois | 5,028 |
| LaPorte County | 3,248 |
| Out of State | 1,247 |
| Jasper County | 326 |
| Total of above | 28,869 |
| (26.9% 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 | 10 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 2 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Elkhart County | 18 | 0.0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 14 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 13 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 736 | 0.8 | 5,028 | 4.7 |
| Jasper County | 1,011 | 1.1 | 326 | 0.3 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 9 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| LaPorte County | 3,541 | 3.9 | 3,248 | 3.0 |
| Lagrange County | 4 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Lake County | 6,519 | 7.2 | 19,020 | 17.7 |
| Marion County | 13 | 0.0 | 113 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 50 | 0.1 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 143 | 0.2 | 162 | 0.2 |
| Monroe County | 8 | 0.0 | 54 | 0.1 |
| Montgomery County | 6 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Newton County | 105 | 0.1 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Out of State | 304 | 0.3 | 1,247 | 1.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Posey County | 4 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Pulaski County | 128 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Ripley County | 5 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| St Joseph County | 126 | 0.1 | 275 | 0.3 |
| Starke County | 665 | 0.7 | 81 | 0.1 |
| Ohio (State) | 29 | 0.0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 27 | 0.0 | 106 | 0.1 |
| Vanderburgh County | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Vigo County | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| White County | 20 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 40 | 0.0 | 33 | 0.0 |
Note: 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 6, 2013
