Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Adams County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2017

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Adams County and work (implied resident labor force) 23,807*
Number of people who live AND work in Adams County 20,184*
Total number of people who work in Adams County (implied workforce) 23,729
* This number is artificially inflated. See the about the data page for more details
Commuters
Number of people who live in Adams County but work outside the county 3,623
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Adams County 3,545

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Adams County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Allen County 828
Wells County 677
Ohio (State) 583
Jay County 480
Out of State 261
Total of above 2,829
(11.9% of Adams County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Adams County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Allen County 2,026
Wells County 714
Ohio (State) 160
Jay County 149
Out of State 122
Total of above 3,171
(13.3% of Adams County labor force)

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Detailed Commuting Table for Adams County

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

County Name Commute INTO Adams County % of Adams County Workforce Commute FROM Adams County To:% of Adams County Labor Force
Allen County 828 3.5 2,026 8.5
Bartholomew County 7 0.0 10 0.0
Blackford County 42 0.2 11 0.0
DeKalb County 15 0.1 19 0.1
Delaware County 31 0.1 26 0.1
Elkhart County 4 0.0 15 0.1
Floyd County 10 0.0 6 0.0
Grant County 24 0.1 16 0.1
Hamilton County 24 0.1 12 0.1
Hendricks County 13 0.1 5 0.0
Huntington County 76 0.3 45 0.2
Illinois 29 0.1 5 0.0
Jay County 480 2.0 149 0.6
Kentucky 11 0.0 4 0.0
Lake County 37 0.2 15 0.1
Madison County 17 0.1 8 0.0
Marion County 73 0.3 43 0.2
Michigan 13 0.1 7 0.0
Monroe County 10 0.0 9 0.0
Noble County 14 0.1 9 0.0
Ohio County 2 0.0 10 0.0
Out of State 261 1.1 122 0.5
Porter County 13 0.1 1 0.0
Randolph County 33 0.1 4 0.0
St Joseph County 12 0.1 5 0.0
Ohio (State) 583 2.5 160 0.7
Tippecanoe County 11 0.0 13 0.1
Vanderburgh County 11 0.0 3 0.0
Wells County 677 2.9 714 3.0
Whitley County 21 0.1 38 0.2

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 28, 2019