Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Spencer County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2016

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Spencer County and work (implied resident labor force) 14,033*
Number of people who live AND work in Spencer County 9,480*
Total number of people who work in Spencer County (implied workforce) 11,494
* This number is artificially inflated. See the about the data page for more details
Commuters
Number of people who live in Spencer County but work outside the county 4,553
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Spencer County 2,014

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Spencer County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Perry County 461
Warrick County 417
Dubois County 396
Kentucky 320
Vanderburgh County 133
Total of above 1,727
(15.0% of Spencer County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Spencer County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Dubois County 1,534
Vanderburgh County 888
Warrick County 623
Kentucky 543
Perry County 503
Total of above 4,091
(29.2% 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 19 0.2 8 0.1
Daviess County 7 0.1 41 0.3
Dubois County 396 3.4 1,534 10.9
Gibson County 23 0.2 119 0.8
Illinois 14 0.1 9 0.1
Kentucky 320 2.8 543 3.9
Marion County 5 0.0 19 0.1
Michigan 12 0.1 0 0.0
Monroe County 16 0.1 17 0.1
Out of State 55 0.5 97 0.7
Perry County 461 4.0 503 3.6
Pike County 30 0.3 33 0.2
Posey County 13 0.1 16 0.1
Tippecanoe County 14 0.1 9 0.1
Vanderburgh County 133 1.2 888 6.3
Warrick County 417 3.6 623 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 Feb 21, 2018