Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Porter County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2015

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Porter County and work (implied resident labor force) 113,348*
Number of people who live AND work in Porter County 82,848*
Total number of people who work in Porter County (implied workforce) 97,378
* This number is artificially inflated see Learn more about the data
Commuters
Number of people who live in Porter County but work outside the county 30,500
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Porter County 14,530

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Porter County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Lake County 6,550
LaPorte County 3,768
Illinois 1,002
Jasper County 999
Starke County 683
Total of above 13,002
(13.4% of Porter County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Porter County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Lake County 18,981
Illinois 4,976
LaPorte County 3,333
Out of State 1,276
Jasper County 358
Total of above 28,924
(25.5% 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 11 0.0 27 0.0
Delaware County 7 0.0 38 0.0
Elkhart County 20 0.0 43 0.0
Hamilton County 14 0.0 21 0.0
Illinois 1,002 1.0 4,976 4.4
Jasper County 999 1.0 358 0.3
Johnson County 4 0.0 10 0.0
Kentucky 9 0.0 19 0.0
Kosciusko County 6 0.0 32 0.0
LaPorte County 3,768 3.9 3,333 2.9
Lake County 6,550 6.7 18,981 16.7
Marion County 20 0.0 135 0.1
Marshall County 61 0.1 41 0.0
Michigan 222 0.2 186 0.2
Monroe County 12 0.0 86 0.1
Newton County 114 0.1 21 0.0
Out of State 511 0.5 1,276 1.1
Pennsylvania 24 0.0 18 0.0
Posey County 8 0.0 19 0.0
Pulaski County 113 0.1 18 0.0
Ripley County 4 0.0 10 0.0
St Joseph County 137 0.1 309 0.3
Starke County 683 0.7 90 0.1
Ohio (State) 38 0.0 24 0.0
Tippecanoe County 14 0.0 107 0.1
Vanderburgh County 2 0.0 11 0.0
Vigo County 3 0.0 25 0.0
White County 21 0.0 21 0.0
Wisconsin 60 0.1 74 0.1

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 24, 2017