Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Hamilton County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2018

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Hamilton County and work (implied resident labor force) 227,271*
Number of people who live AND work in Hamilton County 156,851*
Total number of people who work in Hamilton County (implied workforce) 193,268
* This number is artificially inflated. See the about the data page for more details
Commuters
Number of people who live in Hamilton County but work outside the county 70,420
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Hamilton County 36,417

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Hamilton County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Marion County 15,966
Madison County 5,458
Boone County 2,645
Hancock County 2,545
Hendricks County 2,035
Total of above 28,649
(14.8% of Hamilton County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Hamilton County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Marion County 55,762
Out of State 2,064
Madison County 1,880
Boone County 1,772
Howard County 1,283
Total of above 62,761
(27.6% of Hamilton County labor force)

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Detailed Commuting Table for Hamilton County

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

County Name Commute INTO Hamilton County % of Hamilton County Workforce Commute FROM Hamilton County To:% of Hamilton County Labor Force
Adams County 19 0.0 58 0.0
Allen County 46 0.0 120 0.1
Bartholomew County 56 0.0 159 0.1
Blackford County 23 0.0 15 0.0
Boone County 2,645 1.4 1,772 0.8
Brown County 32 0.0 13 0.0
Carroll County 28 0.0 9 0.0
Cass County 35 0.0 39 0.0
Clay County 17 0.0 50 0.0
Clinton County 287 0.1 145 0.1
DeKalb County 6 0.0 11 0.0
Dearborn County 677 0.4 16 0.0
Decatur County 30 0.0 70 0.0
Delaware County 524 0.3 878 0.4
Dubois County 10 0.0 14 0.0
Elkhart County 11 0.0 33 0.0
Fayette County 19 0.0 13 0.0
Fountain County 11 0.0 3 0.0
Franklin County 131 0.1 32 0.0
Grant County 127 0.1 294 0.1
Greene County 14 0.0 24 0.0
Hancock County 2,545 1.3 1,012 0.4
Harrison County 12 0.0 22 0.0
Hendricks County 2,035 1.1 811 0.4
Henry County 363 0.2 80 0.0
Howard County 629 0.3 1,283 0.6
Huntington County 16 0.0 14 0.0
Illinois 119 0.1 220 0.1
Jackson County 12 0.0 22 0.0
Jefferson County 4 0.0 12 0.0
Johnson County 924 0.5 441 0.2
Kentucky 37 0.0 49 0.0
Kosciusko County 18 0.0 30 0.0
Lake County 38 0.0 32 0.0
Lawrence County 70 0.0 126 0.1
Madison County 5,458 2.8 1,880 0.8
Marion County 15,966 8.3 55,762 24.5
Marshall County 8 0.0 14 0.0
Martin County 4 0.0 19 0.0
Miami County 61 0.0 91 0.0
Michigan 52 0.0 91 0.0
Monroe County 96 0.0 494 0.2
Montgomery County 68 0.0 55 0.0
Morgan County 268 0.1 66 0.0
Noble County 13 0.0 12 0.0
Ohio County 26 0.0 12 0.0
Out of State 578 0.3 2,064 0.9
Owen County 22 0.0 3 0.0
Pennsylvania 17 0.0 25 0.0
Pike County 19 0.0 11 0.0
Porter County 18 0.0 14 0.0
Putnam County 89 0.0 26 0.0
Randolph County 27 0.0 14 0.0
Ripley County 61 0.0 18 0.0
Rush County 43 0.0 11 0.0
Shelby County 181 0.1 121 0.1
St Joseph County 32 0.0 67 0.0
Ohio (State) 235 0.1 160 0.1
Steuben County 10 0.0 20 0.0
Switzerland County 11 0.0 0 0.0
Tippecanoe County 161 0.1 656 0.3
Tipton County 1,046 0.5 379 0.2
Vanderburgh County 17 0.0 48 0.0
Vigo County 18 0.0 95 0.0
Wabash County 13 0.0 20 0.0
Warrick County 13 0.0 2 0.0
Washington County 11 0.0 14 0.0
Wayne County 50 0.0 57 0.0
Wells County 11 0.0 14 0.0
White County 12 0.0 13 0.0
Wisconsin 20 0.0 39 0.0

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 Apr 7, 2020