Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Elkhart County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2012
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Elkhart County and work (implied resident labor force) | 123,766 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Elkhart County | 114,990 |
| Total number of people who work in Elkhart County (implied work force) | 141,103 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Elkhart County but work outside the county | 8,776 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Elkhart County | 26,113 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO Elkhart County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| St Joseph County | 8,874 |
| Michigan | 6,127 |
| Kosciusko County | 3,432 |
| Lagrange County | 2,886 |
| Noble County | 1,404 |
| Total of above | 22,723 |
| (16.1% of Elkhart County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Elkhart County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| St Joseph County | 4,727 |
| Kosciusko County | 874 |
| Lagrange County | 758 |
| Out of State | 557 |
| Michigan | 451 |
| Total of above | 7,367 |
| ( 6.0% of Elkhart County labor force) | | 
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Detailed Commuting Table for Elkhart County
(Includes counties where 10 or more people either commute into or out of this county)
| County Name | Commute INTO Elkhart County | % of Elkhart County Workforce |
Commute FROM Elkhart County To: | % of Elkhart County Labor Force |
|---|
| Adams County | 11 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Allen County | 149 | 0.1 | 92 | 0.1 |
| Cass County | 37 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Clark County | 12 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Dekalb County | 51 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 22 | 0.0 | 41 | 0.0 |
| Dubois County | 10 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Fayette County | 11 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Floyd County | 10 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 80 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Grant County | 13 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 40 | 0.0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Hancock County | 18 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Howard County | 12 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 85 | 0.1 | 63 | 0.1 |
| Jefferson County | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 12 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 3,432 | 2.4 | 874 | 0.7 |
| LaPorte County | 169 | 0.1 | 39 | 0.0 |
| Lagrange County | 2,886 | 2.0 | 758 | 0.6 |
| Lake County | 41 | 0.0 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Marion County | 68 | 0.0 | 80 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 1,360 | 1.0 | 283 | 0.2 |
| Miami County | 33 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 6,127 | 4.3 | 451 | 0.4 |
| Monroe County | 13 | 0.0 | 39 | 0.0 |
| Noble County | 1,404 | 1.0 | 206 | 0.2 |
| Out of State | 395 | 0.3 | 557 | 0.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Porter County | 40 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Rush County | 6 | 0.0 | 58 | 0.0 |
| St Joseph County | 8,874 | 6.3 | 4,727 | 3.8 |
| Starke County | 99 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ohio (State) | 57 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Steuben County | 119 | 0.1 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 16 | 0.0 | 52 | 0.0 |
| Vanderburgh County | 11 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Vigo County | 2 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Wabash County | 41 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Wells County | 13 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Whitley County | 117 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | 0.0 | 13 | 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 Feb 6, 2014
