West Terre Haute is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,151 people and two associated neighborhoods, West Terre Haute is the 231st largest community in Indiana. Much of the housing stock in West Terre Haute was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, West Terre Haute is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, West Terre Haute is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Terre Haute who work in food service (25.69%), sales jobs (9.26%), and healthcare suport services (8.10%). One of the benefits of West Terre Haute is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.35 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Despite the fact that it is a small town, West Terre Haute has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the town for affordable transportation.The population of West Terre Haute has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.14% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in West Terre Haute in 2022 was $35,246, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,984 for a family of four. However, West Terre Haute contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call West Terre Haute home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Terre Haute residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in West Terre Haute include German, Polish, Italian, Irish, and English. The most common language spoken in West Terre Haute is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
