Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Whitley County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2018

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Whitley County and work (implied resident labor force) 24,059*
Number of people who live AND work in Whitley County 16,629*
Total number of people who work in Whitley County (implied workforce) 20,134
* 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 7,430
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Whitley County 3,505

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Whitley County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Allen County 1,686
Noble County 676
Huntington County 348
Kosciusko County 336
DeKalb County 110
Total of above 3,156
(15.7% of Whitley County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Whitley County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Allen County 4,163
Kosciusko County 1,564
Noble County 573
Huntington County 244
Elkhart County 159
Total of above 6,703
(27.9% 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 17 0.1 23 0.1
Allen County 1,686 8.4 4,163 17.3
DeKalb County 110 0.5 119 0.5
Delaware County 1 0.0 11 0.0
Elkhart County 5 0.0 159 0.7
Grant County 8 0.0 16 0.1
Huntington County 348 1.7 244 1.0
Illinois 8 0.0 15 0.1
Kosciusko County 336 1.7 1,564 6.5
LaGrange County 17 0.1 39 0.2
Lake County 5 0.0 11 0.0
Marion County 0 0.0 37 0.2
Marshall County 9 0.0 13 0.1
Michigan 11 0.1 17 0.1
Noble County 676 3.4 573 2.4
Out of State 17 0.1 156 0.6
St Joseph County 3 0.0 18 0.1
Ohio (State) 28 0.1 12 0.0
Steuben County 18 0.1 13 0.1
Tippecanoe County 2 0.0 11 0.0
Wabash County 92 0.5 128 0.5
Wells County 39 0.2 16 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 Apr 7, 2020