Labor Costs (for typical manufacturing job classifications)

• Us Department Of Labor
• La Porte County Statistics
• City Of La Porte

Utility Costs

• NIPSCO
• AEP
• Hoosier Energy

Transportation Costs - Location/Distance to Major Industrial Commercial Markets

• Google Maps
• Mapquest

Taxes

Corporate / Personal Income

• Tax Foundation

Real and Personal Property Taxes

• Stats Indiana

Workers Compensation

• Indiana: Accelerate Your Business

Incentives - State

• Indiana Department of Commerce

Incentives - Local

• La Porte Economic Development Corporation

Costs and Availability of Sites & Buildings

• Local Governments
• NIPSCO Sites & Buildings
• Indiana Properties

Labor Availability Workforce/Employment

• Indiana Business Research Center

Quality of Workforce

• Tech Training Directory - Training Facilities & Capabilities
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - Skilled/Unskilled Labor Availability
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - Labor Management Relations

Transportation

• Proximity to Industrial Consumer Markets
• State of Indiana Dept. of Transportation - Rail Carriers Serving
• American Trucking Association - Motor Carriers Serving
• Air Travel - Regional Air Service

Environmental Regulations

• EPA

Quality of Life - Colleges/Universities

• National Center for Educational Statistics
• Indiana Department of Education

Quality of Life - Secondary Schools (SAT/ACT Scores)

• National Center for Educational Statistics

Cost of Living

• ACCRA/COLI - American Chambers of Commerce / Cost of Living Index
• Sperling's Best Places

Housing Cost and Availability

• US Census - Select IN as State, La Porte as County, then "Housing"

Crime Rates

• Bureau of Justice
• US Census
• Sperling's Best Places

Climate

• City Data
• Sperling's Best Places

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