Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Spencer County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2014

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Spencer County and work (implied resident labor force) 14,295
Number of people who live AND work in Spencer County 9,426
Total number of people who work in Spencer County (implied workforce) 11,514
Commuters
Number of people who live in Spencer County but work outside the county 4,869
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Spencer County 2,088

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Spencer County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Perry County 506
Dubois County 418
Warrick County 418
Kentucky 315
Vanderburgh County 141
Total of above 1,798
(15.6% of Spencer County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Spencer County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Dubois County 1,611
Vanderburgh County 895
Kentucky 702
Warrick County 636
Perry County 582
Total of above 4,426
(31.0% of Spencer County labor force)

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Detailed Commuting Table for Spencer County

(Includes counties where 10 or more people either commute into or out of this county)

County Name Commute INTO Spencer County % of Spencer County Workforce Commute FROM Spencer County To:% of Spencer County Labor Force
Crawford County 17 0.1 4 0.0
Daviess County 9 0.1 39 0.3
Dubois County 418 3.6 1,611 11.3
Gibson County 14 0.1 128 0.9
Illinois 31 0.3 4 0.0
Kentucky 315 2.7 702 4.9
Knox County 1 0.0 11 0.1
Monroe County 9 0.1 13 0.1
Out of State 82 0.7 102 0.7
Perry County 506 4.4 582 4.1
Pike County 25 0.2 27 0.2
Posey County 10 0.1 16 0.1
Ohio (State) 10 0.1 2 0.0
Vanderburgh County 141 1.2 895 6.3
Warrick County 418 3.6 636 4.4

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