West Terre Haute is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,152 people and two associated neighborhoods, West Terre Haute is the 231st largest community in Indiana. West Terre Haute has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.West Terre Haute is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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%). Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of West Terre Haute spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.35 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. For a small town, West Terre Haute has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in West Terre Haute exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.West Terre Haute ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.14% of people over 25 have a college degree. 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.
