Work/Residence Patterns—A STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2004

Starke County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Starke County and work (implied resident labor force) 14,541
Number of persons who live AND work in Starke County 9,015
Total number of persons who work in Starke County (implied work force) 9,832

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Starke County but work outside the county 5,526
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Starke County 817

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Starke County:

Pulaski County 229 
Marshall County 178 
LaPorte County 124 
Porter County 71 
St Joseph County 56 
Total of above 658workers
( 6.7% of Starke County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Starke County:

Marshall County 1,508 
Porter County 793 
St Joseph County 756 
LaPorte County 732 
Lake County 535 
Total of above 4,324workers
( 29.7% of Starke County labor force)
 
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More detail for this county:

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

County nameCommute INTO
Starke County
% of
Starke County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Starke County To:
% of
Starke County
Labor Force
Allen County 0 0.0 11 0.1
Cass County 2 0.0 11 0.1
Elkhart County 1 0.0 321 2.2
Fulton County 24 0.2 35 0.2
Illinois 18 0.2 154 1.1
Jasper County 27 0.3 148 1.0
Kosciusko County 5 0.1 48 0.3
LaPorte County 124 1.3 732 5.0
Lake County 18 0.2 535 3.7
Marion County 3 0.0 16 0.1
Marshall County 178 1.8 1,508 10.4
Michigan 0 0.0 16 0.1
Out of State 11 0.1 74 0.5
Porter County 71 0.7 793 5.5
Pulaski County 229 2.3 233 1.6
St Joseph County 56 0.6 756 5.2
Tippecanoe County 5 0.1 32 0.2
White County 9 0.1 14 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.

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 such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Data source: Indiana Department of Revenue
This table was produced by STATS Indiana on Apr 26, 2006