Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Elkhart County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2019

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Elkhart County and work (implied resident labor force) 131,942*
Number of people who live AND work in Elkhart County 122,446*
Total number of people who work in Elkhart County (implied workforce) 156,735
* This number is artificially inflated. See the about the data page for more details
Commuters
Number of people who live in Elkhart County but work outside the county 9,496
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Elkhart County 34,289

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Elkhart County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
St Joseph County 12,404
Michigan 8,413
Kosciusko County 4,202
LaGrange County 3,504
Marshall County 1,714
Total of above 30,237
(19.3% of Elkhart County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Elkhart County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
St Joseph County 4,996
Kosciusko County 1,006
Out of State 809
LaGrange County 807
Michigan 485
Total of above 8,103
( 6.1% of Elkhart County labor force)

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Detailed Commuting Table for Elkhart County

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

County Name Commute INTO Elkhart County % of Elkhart County Workforce Commute FROM Elkhart County To:% of Elkhart County Labor Force
Adams County 12 0.0 37 0.0
Allen County 217 0.1 99 0.1
Cass County 37 0.0 45 0.0
DeKalb County 71 0.0 14 0.0
Delaware County 11 0.0 30 0.0
Dubois County 6 0.0 13 0.0
Fulton County 119 0.1 5 0.0
Grant County 12 0.0 15 0.0
Hamilton County 34 0.0 20 0.0
Illinois 94 0.1 67 0.1
Jefferson County 10 0.0 4 0.0
Kentucky 18 0.0 7 0.0
Kosciusko County 4,202 2.7 1,006 0.8
LaPorte County 280 0.2 36 0.0
LaGrange County 3,504 2.2 807 0.6
Lake County 37 0.0 18 0.0
Madison County 14 0.0 6 0.0
Marion County 35 0.0 114 0.1
Marshall County 1,714 1.1 274 0.2
Miami County 42 0.0 2 0.0
Michigan 8,413 5.4 485 0.4
Monroe County 14 0.0 46 0.0
Noble County 1,682 1.1 231 0.2
Out of State 418 0.3 809 0.6
Pennsylvania 15 0.0 8 0.0
Porter County 63 0.0 14 0.0
Rush County 6 0.0 21 0.0
St Joseph County 12,404 7.9 4,996 3.8
Starke County 175 0.1 5 0.0
Ohio (State) 67 0.0 32 0.0
Steuben County 158 0.1 28 0.0
Tippecanoe County 6 0.0 41 0.0
Vigo County 2 0.0 14 0.0
Wabash County 63 0.0 15 0.0
Whitley County 149 0.1 8 0.0
Wisconsin 22 0.0 8 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 19, 2021