Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Porter County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2019

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Porter County and work (implied resident labor force) 117,738*
Number of people who live AND work in Porter County 86,468*
Total number of people who work in Porter County (implied workforce) 101,193
* This number is artificially inflated. See the about the data page for more details
Commuters
Number of people who live in Porter County but work outside the county 31,270
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Porter County 14,725

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Porter County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Lake County 6,582
LaPorte County 3,929
Jasper County 1,059
Illinois 979
Starke County 686
Total of above 13,235
(13.1% of Porter County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Porter County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Lake County 18,389
Illinois 5,822
LaPorte County 3,417
Out of State 1,633
Jasper County 336
Total of above 29,597
(25.1% of Porter County labor force)

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Detailed Commuting Table for Porter County

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

County Name Commute INTO Porter County % of Porter County Workforce Commute FROM Porter County To:% of Porter County Labor Force
Adams County 1 0.0 39 0.0
Allen County 7 0.0 24 0.0
Delaware County 2 0.0 36 0.0
Elkhart County 14 0.0 63 0.1
Fulton County 13 0.0 4 0.0
Hamilton County 21 0.0 24 0.0
Illinois 979 1.0 5,822 4.9
Jasper County 1,059 1.0 336 0.3
Kentucky 15 0.0 17 0.0
Kosciusko County 6 0.0 24 0.0
LaPorte County 3,929 3.9 3,417 2.9
Lake County 6,582 6.5 18,389 15.6
Marion County 25 0.0 158 0.1
Marshall County 55 0.1 51 0.0
Michigan 219 0.2 221 0.2
Monroe County 3 0.0 117 0.1
Newton County 139 0.1 17 0.0
Out of State 449 0.4 1,633 1.4
Pennsylvania 11 0.0 19 0.0
Posey County 5 0.0 16 0.0
Pulaski County 110 0.1 31 0.0
Ripley County 4 0.0 11 0.0
St Joseph County 148 0.1 336 0.3
Starke County 686 0.7 81 0.1
Ohio (State) 42 0.0 33 0.0
Tippecanoe County 16 0.0 111 0.1
Vanderburgh County 4 0.0 11 0.0
Vigo County 1 0.0 18 0.0
White County 19 0.0 14 0.0
Wisconsin 57 0.1 38 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