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.
