Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Dekalb County, Indiana
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2007
Overview
| Workers |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Dekalb County and work (implied resident labor force) | 28,402 |
| Number of people who live AND work in Dekalb County | 22,762 |
| Total number of people who work in Dekalb County (implied work force) | 28,134 |
| Commuters |
|---|
| Number of people who live in Dekalb County but work outside the county | 5,640 |
| Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Dekalb County | 5,372 |
Top five counties sending workers
INTO Dekalb County:
| County Sending Workers | Workers |
| Allen County | 2,086 |
| Steuben County | 1,188 |
| Noble County | 1,016 |
| Ohio (State) | 379 |
| Lagrange County | 189 |
| Total of above | 4,858 |
| (17.3% of Dekalb County workforce) | | 
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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Dekalb County:
| County Receiving Workers | Workers |
|---|
| Allen County | 2,985 |
| Noble County | 1,283 |
| Steuben County | 644 |
| Ohio (State) | 146 |
| Whitley County | 94 |
| Total of above | 5,152 |
| (18.1% of Dekalb County labor force) | | 
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Detailed Commuting Table for Dekalb County
(Includes counties where 10 or more people either commute into or out of this county)
| County Name | Commute INTO Dekalb County | % of Dekalb County Workforce |
Commute FROM Dekalb County To: | % of Dekalb County Labor Force |
|---|
| Adams County | 15 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Allen County | 2,086 | 7.4 | 2,985 | 10.5 |
| Decatur County | 3 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 14 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.1 |
| Elkhart County | 11 | 0.0 | 59 | 0.2 |
| Huntington County | 36 | 0.1 | 17 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 12 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 19 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 |
| Lagrange County | 189 | 0.7 | 86 | 0.3 |
| Marion County | 4 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.1 |
| Michigan | 64 | 0.2 | 37 | 0.1 |
| Noble County | 1,016 | 3.6 | 1,283 | 4.5 |
| Out of State | 75 | 0.3 | 91 | 0.3 |
| Ohio (State) | 379 | 1.3 | 146 | 0.5 |
| Steuben County | 1,188 | 4.2 | 644 | 2.3 |
| Tippecanoe County | 2 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Wells County | 24 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Whitley County | 156 | 0.6 | 94 | 0.3 |
*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 Jul 12, 2011
