Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Elkhart County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2020

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Elkhart County and work (implied resident labor force) 133,109*
Number of people who live AND work in Elkhart County 123,793*
Total number of people who work in Elkhart County (implied workforce) 157,610
* 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 9,316
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Elkhart County 33,817

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Elkhart County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
St Joseph County 12,057
Michigan 8,271
Kosciusko County 4,154
LaGrange County 3,494
Marshall County 1,728
Total of above 29,704
(18.8% of Elkhart County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Elkhart County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
St Joseph County 4,857
Kosciusko County 984
Out of State 865
LaGrange County 785
Michigan 500
Total of above 7,991
( 6.0% 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 13 0.0 9 0.0
Allen County 206 0.1 75 0.1
Cass County 43 0.0 53 0.0
Clark County 13 0.0 23 0.0
DeKalb County 60 0.0 15 0.0
Delaware County 16 0.0 36 0.0
Fayette County 3 0.0 10 0.0
Floyd County 11 0.0 3 0.0
Fulton County 110 0.1 4 0.0
Grant County 14 0.0 16 0.0
Hamilton County 40 0.0 19 0.0
Jefferson County 14 0.0 4 0.0
Kosciusko County 4,154 2.6 984 0.7
LaGrange County 3,494 2.2 785 0.6
Lake County 40 0.0 18 0.0
LaPorte County 271 0.2 39 0.0
Madison County 12 0.0 4 0.0
Marion County 44 0.0 104 0.1
Marshall County 1,728 1.1 288 0.2
Miami County 31 0.0 5 0.0
Monroe County 12 0.0 41 0.0
Noble County 1,675 1.1 203 0.2
Out of State 471 0.3 865 0.6
Porter County 60 0.0 11 0.0
Rush County 15 0.0 15 0.0
St Joseph County 12,057 7.6 4,857 3.6
Starke County 168 0.1 5 0.0
Steuben County 157 0.1 29 0.0
Tippecanoe County 7 0.0 33 0.0
Wabash County 64 0.0 10 0.0
Whitley County 139 0.1 9 0.0
Illinois 100 0.1 67 0.1
Kentucky 17 0.0 6 0.0
Michigan 8,271 5.2 500 0.4
Ohio (State) 65 0.0 24 0.0
Pennsylvania 18 0.0 3 0.0
Wisconsin 29 0.0 9 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 Aug 25, 2022