Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Whitley County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2017

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Whitley County and work (implied resident labor force) 23,771*
Number of people who live AND work in Whitley County 16,510*
Total number of people who work in Whitley County (implied workforce) 20,003
* This number is artificially inflated. See the about the data page for more details
Commuters
Number of people who live in Whitley County but work outside the county 7,261
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Whitley County 3,493

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Whitley County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Allen County 1,608
Noble County 664
Kosciusko County 345
Huntington County 316
DeKalb County 112
Total of above 3,045
(15.2% of Whitley County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Whitley County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Allen County 4,093
Kosciusko County 1,459
Noble County 579
Huntington County 242
Out of State 163
Total of above 6,536
(27.5% of Whitley County labor force)

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Detailed Commuting Table for Whitley County

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

County Name Commute INTO Whitley County % of Whitley County Workforce Commute FROM Whitley County To:% of Whitley County Labor Force
Adams County 38 0.2 21 0.1
Allen County 1,608 8.0 4,093 17.2
DeKalb County 112 0.6 120 0.5
Delaware County 2 0.0 10 0.0
Elkhart County 2 0.0 144 0.6
Grant County 12 0.1 17 0.1
Huntington County 316 1.6 242 1.0
Illinois 5 0.0 12 0.1
Kosciusko County 345 1.7 1,459 6.1
LaGrange County 12 0.1 36 0.2
Lake County 10 0.0 11 0.0
Marion County 2 0.0 33 0.1
Marshall County 5 0.0 17 0.1
Michigan 17 0.1 12 0.1
Monroe County 0 0.0 11 0.0
Noble County 664 3.3 579 2.4
Out of State 101 0.5 163 0.7
St Joseph County 8 0.0 21 0.1
Ohio (State) 14 0.1 17 0.1
Steuben County 19 0.1 21 0.1
Tippecanoe County 1 0.0 10 0.0
Wabash County 88 0.4 135 0.6
Wells County 39 0.2 19 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 28, 2019