Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Lake County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2020

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Lake County and work (implied resident labor force) 305,536*
Number of people who live AND work in Lake County 246,986*
Total number of people who work in Lake County (implied workforce) 289,252
* This number is artificially inflated. See the about the data page for more details
Commuters
Number of people who live in Lake County but work outside the county 58,550
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Lake County 42,266

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Lake County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Porter County 17,798
Illinois 14,839
Out of State 2,633
Jasper County 2,305
LaPorte County 1,582
Total of above 39,157
(13.5% of Lake County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Lake County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Illinois 42,118
Out of State 6,234
Porter County 6,188
LaPorte County 924
Marion County 439
Total of above 55,903
(18.3% of Lake County labor force)

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Detailed Commuting Table for Lake County

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

County Name Commute INTO Lake County % of Lake County Workforce Commute FROM Lake County To:% of Lake County Labor Force
Adams County 10 0.0 34 0.0
Allen County 27 0.0 55 0.0
Boone County 9 0.0 15 0.0
Cass County 2 0.0 10 0.0
Clark County 9 0.0 18 0.0
Clinton County 1 0.0 12 0.0
Delaware County 9 0.0 51 0.0
Elkhart County 18 0.0 40 0.0
Fulton County 27 0.0 8 0.0
Hamilton County 38 0.0 40 0.0
Hendricks County 15 0.0 13 0.0
Jasper County 2,305 0.8 277 0.1
Jennings County 4 0.0 13 0.0
Johnson County 22 0.0 24 0.0
Knox County 14 0.0 15 0.0
Kosciusko County 20 0.0 27 0.0
LaGrange County 23 0.0 41 0.0
LaPorte County 1,582 0.5 924 0.3
Madison County 11 0.0 12 0.0
Marion County 106 0.0 439 0.1
Marshall County 38 0.0 15 0.0
Monroe County 18 0.0 183 0.1
Montgomery County 3 0.0 16 0.0
Newton County 1,289 0.4 117 0.0
Ohio County 4 0.0 14 0.0
Out of State 2,633 0.9 6,234 2.0
Porter County 17,798 6.2 6,188 2.0
Pulaski County 72 0.0 10 0.0
St Joseph County 135 0.0 152 0.0
Starke County 339 0.1 23 0.0
Tippecanoe County 43 0.0 261 0.1
Vanderburgh County 5 0.0 12 0.0
Vigo County 9 0.0 60 0.0
Wabash County 7 0.0 12 0.0
White County 46 0.0 19 0.0
Illinois 14,839 5.1 42,118 13.8
Kentucky 106 0.0 247 0.1
Michigan 238 0.1 173 0.1
Ohio (State) 65 0.0 55 0.0
Pennsylvania 23 0.0 30 0.0
Wisconsin 165 0.1 329 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.

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