Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Shelby County, Indiana

Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2020

Overview

Workers
Number of people who live in Shelby County and work (implied resident labor force) 30,478*
Number of people who live AND work in Shelby County 22,188*
Total number of people who work in Shelby County (implied workforce) 27,023
* This number is artificially inflated. See the about the data page for more details
Commuters
Number of people who live in Shelby County but work outside the county 8,290
Number of people who live in another county (or state) but work in Shelby County 4,835

Top 5 counties sending workers INTO Shelby County:

County Sending WorkersWorkers
Rush County 921
Marion County 917
Hancock County 647
Johnson County 622
Decatur County 419
Total of above 3,526
(13.0% of Shelby County workforce)

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Top 5 counties receiving workers FROM Shelby County:

County Receiving WorkersWorkers
Marion County 4,018
Johnson County 1,079
Bartholomew County 740
Hancock County 689
Decatur County 623
Total of above 7,149
(23.5% of Shelby County labor force)

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Detailed Commuting Table for Shelby County

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

County Name Commute INTO Shelby County % of Shelby County Workforce Commute FROM Shelby County To:% of Shelby County Labor Force
Bartholomew County 180 0.7 740 2.4
Boone County 14 0.1 28 0.1
Brown County 27 0.1 7 0.0
Dearborn County 11 0.0 7 0.0
Decatur County 419 1.6 623 2.0
Delaware County 9 0.0 16 0.1
Fayette County 199 0.7 13 0.0
Franklin County 71 0.3 26 0.1
Hamilton County 126 0.5 197 0.6
Hancock County 647 2.4 689 2.3
Hendricks County 62 0.2 65 0.2
Henry County 127 0.5 24 0.1
Jackson County 10 0.0 28 0.1
Jefferson County 8 0.0 12 0.0
Jennings County 35 0.1 16 0.1
Johnson County 622 2.3 1,079 3.5
Madison County 64 0.2 18 0.1
Marion County 917 3.4 4,018 13.2
Monroe County 11 0.0 31 0.1
Morgan County 43 0.2 21 0.1
Out of State 88 0.3 271 0.9
Ripley County 56 0.2 34 0.1
Rush County 921 3.4 152 0.5
Tippecanoe County 6 0.0 16 0.1
Vigo County 1 0.0 10 0.0
Wayne County 19 0.1 5 0.0
Illinois 14 0.1 6 0.0
Kentucky 19 0.1 13 0.0
Ohio (State) 18 0.1 10 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