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Jan
24
Come On IN
Filed Under Cook County, Lake County, commuters, economy, jobs
Stats Indiana’s commuting profile shows an interesting phenomenon. Significant numbers of workers commuting into Lake County from Cook County and other places in Illinois.
While it is easy to think of the 41,000+ workers who commute to Chicago and other parts of Illinois daily, it is even easier to forget that Lake County, Indiana is attracting Illinois workers.
Maybe that’s a reason why Northwest Indiana is 39 out of 100 on the list of best places to find a job.
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3 Responses to “Come On IN”
At my place of employment (one of the big guys on the lake
most of the new hires live in Chicago.
In that respect, the Lake County Income Tax would pull in some serious revenue. All those new jobs are BP, Mittal, and US Steel that pay BIG BUCKS.
Most of the engineering contractors are also out of Illinois. Not sure if they would pay income tax or not.
So as long as there are huge expansions going on at the Lakefront, there’s going to be a LOT of Illinoians coming into Lake County.
It will be interesting to see new figures when they become available for subsequent years.
I’m the opposite in my work pattern.
My office is in Lake County, but most of my work is “Illicentric” in nature.
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