Since 2018, St. John, Crown Point, and Cedar Lake combined gained about 13,500 residents. I wonder how many of those are ex-Illinois versus those who merely moved within NWIN. Our experience in St. John is that the overwhelming majority of new residents are from Illinois and continue to work there, trading a somewhat longer commute for lower taxes, larger homes, and in many cases, better schools. While they do pay IN county tax, their state income tax on wages and salaries remains in Illinois. Given that the total net domestic migration you note is just a bit more than 4000, I believe that we still are seeing NWIN residents moving away at a fairly good clip.
Since 2018, St. John, Crown Point, and Cedar Lake combined gained about 13,500 residents. I wonder how many of those are ex-Illinois versus those who merely moved within NWIN. Our experience in St. John is that the overwhelming majority of new residents are from Illinois and continue to work there, trading a somewhat longer commute for lower taxes, larger homes, and in many cases, better schools. While they do pay IN county tax, their state income tax on wages and salaries remains in Illinois. Given that the total net domestic migration you note is just a bit more than 4000, I believe that we still are seeing NWIN residents moving away at a fairly good clip.