Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Starke County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2011
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Starke County and work (implied resident labor force) | 14,265 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Starke County | 9,641 |
| Total number of people who work in Starke County (implied work force) | 10,489 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Starke County but work outside the county | 4,624 |
| 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 | 253 |
| Marshall County | 186 |
| LaPorte County | 90 |
| Porter County | 81 |
| St Joseph County | 44 |
| Total of above | 654 |
| ( 6.2% of Starke County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Starke County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| Marshall County | 1,463 |
| Porter County | 665 |
| LaPorte County | 579 |
| St Joseph County | 569 |
| Lake County | 363 |
| Total of above | 3,639 |
| (25.5% 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 | 3 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.1 |
| Elkhart County | 4 | 0.0 | 104 | 0.7 |
| Fulton County | 31 | 0.3 | 41 | 0.3 |
| Illinois | 3 | 0.0 | 89 | 0.6 |
| Jasper County | 37 | 0.4 | 107 | 0.8 |
| Kosciusko County | 4 | 0.0 | 31 | 0.2 |
| LaPorte County | 90 | 0.9 | 579 | 4.1 |
| Lake County | 22 | 0.2 | 363 | 2.5 |
| Marion County | 1 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 186 | 1.8 | 1,463 | 10.3 |
| Michigan | 5 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.1 |
| Out of State | 12 | 0.1 | 111 | 0.8 |
| Porter County | 81 | 0.8 | 665 | 4.7 |
| Pulaski County | 253 | 2.4 | 296 | 2.1 |
| St Joseph County | 44 | 0.4 | 569 | 4.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 8 | 0.1 | 31 | 0.2 |
| White County | 8 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.2 |
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
