Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Wells County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2017

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Wells County and work (implied resident labor force) 19,116*
Number of people who live AND work in Wells County 14,335*
Total number of people who work in Wells County (implied workforce) 16,901
* This number is artificially inflated. See the about the data page for more details
Commuters
Number of people who live in Wells County but work outside the county 4,781
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Wells County 2,566

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Wells County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Adams County 714
Allen County 708
Huntington County 407
Blackford County 217
Jay County 168
Total of above 2,214
(13.1% of Wells County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Wells County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Allen County 3,005
Adams County 677
Huntington County 408
Grant County 133
Blackford County 84
Total of above 4,307
(22.5% of Wells County labor force)

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Detailed Commuting Table for Wells County

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

County Name Commute INTO Wells County % of Wells County Workforce Commute FROM Wells County To:% of Wells County Labor Force
Adams County 714 4.2 677 3.5
Allen County 708 4.2 3,005 15.7
Blackford County 217 1.3 84 0.4
DeKalb County 4 0.0 17 0.1
Delaware County 32 0.2 47 0.2
Grant County 73 0.4 133 0.7
Hamilton County 9 0.1 13 0.1
Huntington County 407 2.4 408 2.1
Illinois 3 0.0 10 0.1
Jay County 168 1.0 54 0.3
Madison County 7 0.0 13 0.1
Marion County 15 0.1 36 0.2
Noble County 10 0.1 6 0.0
Out of State 15 0.1 82 0.4
Randolph County 14 0.1 7 0.0
Ohio (State) 39 0.2 18 0.1
Tippecanoe County 2 0.0 15 0.1
Wabash County 16 0.1 14 0.1
Whitley County 19 0.1 39 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