Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Wells County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2018

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Wells County and work (implied resident labor force) 19,169*
Number of people who live AND work in Wells County 14,284*
Total number of people who work in Wells County (implied workforce) 16,908
* 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 4,885
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Wells County 2,624

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Wells County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Allen County 707
Adams County 686
Huntington County 459
Blackford County 215
Jay County 167
Total of above 2,234
(13.2% of Wells County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Wells County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Allen County 3,044
Adams County 701
Huntington County 441
Grant County 141
Out of State 95
Total of above 4,422
(23.1% 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 686 4.1 701 3.7
Allen County 707 4.2 3,044 15.9
Blackford County 215 1.3 77 0.4
DeKalb County 6 0.0 18 0.1
Delaware County 42 0.2 50 0.3
Grant County 82 0.5 141 0.7
Hamilton County 14 0.1 11 0.1
Howard County 4 0.0 10 0.1
Huntington County 459 2.7 441 2.3
Jay County 167 1.0 53 0.3
Kosciusko County 6 0.0 12 0.1
Madison County 7 0.0 12 0.1
Marion County 7 0.0 33 0.2
Michigan 10 0.1 3 0.0
Monroe County 1 0.0 10 0.1
Noble County 12 0.1 8 0.0
Out of State 22 0.1 95 0.5
Randolph County 16 0.1 3 0.0
Ohio (State) 41 0.2 14 0.1
Tippecanoe County 1 0.0 12 0.1
Wabash County 16 0.1 15 0.1
Whitley County 16 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 Apr 7, 2020