Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Elkhart County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2014

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Elkhart County and work (implied resident labor force) 127,132
Number of people who live AND work in Elkhart County 118,782
Total number of people who work in Elkhart County (implied workforce) 148,228
Commuters
Number of people who live in Elkhart County but work outside the county 8,350
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Elkhart County 29,446

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Elkhart County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
St Joseph County 10,323
Michigan 7,186
Kosciusko County 3,757
LaGrange County 3,124
Marshall County 1,497
Total of above 25,887
(17.5% of Elkhart County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Elkhart County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
St Joseph County 4,412
Kosciusko County 880
LaGrange County 809
Out of State 579
Michigan 420
Total of above 7,100
( 5.6% 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 17 0.0 5 0.0
Allen County 188 0.1 87 0.1
Cass County 63 0.0 26 0.0
DeKalb County 50 0.0 10 0.0
Delaware County 5 0.0 44 0.0
Fulton County 92 0.1 8 0.0
Grant County 13 0.0 10 0.0
Hamilton County 34 0.0 13 0.0
Huntington County 12 0.0 3 0.0
Illinois 110 0.1 61 0.0
Kentucky 16 0.0 10 0.0
Kosciusko County 3,757 2.5 880 0.7
LaPorte County 208 0.1 33 0.0
LaGrange County 3,124 2.1 809 0.6
Lake County 33 0.0 18 0.0
Marion County 21 0.0 72 0.1
Marshall County 1,497 1.0 277 0.2
Miami County 33 0.0 5 0.0
Michigan 7,186 4.8 420 0.3
Monroe County 9 0.0 45 0.0
Noble County 1,452 1.0 241 0.2
Out of State 440 0.3 579 0.5
Pennsylvania 25 0.0 3 0.0
Porter County 28 0.0 16 0.0
St Joseph County 10,323 7.0 4,412 3.5
Starke County 122 0.1 3 0.0
Ohio (State) 67 0.0 22 0.0
Steuben County 122 0.1 24 0.0
Tippecanoe County 9 0.0 50 0.0
Wabash County 63 0.0 13 0.0
Whitley County 103 0.1 9 0.0
Wisconsin 77 0.1 15 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 May 16, 2016