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. 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 a blue-collar town, with 36.61% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, West Terre Haute is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Terre Haute who work in food service (23.21%), sales jobs (9.26%), and maintenance occupations (6.36%). 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 citizens of West Terre Haute have a very low rate of college education: just 6.94% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in West Terre Haute in 2022 was $35,908, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,632 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, Irish, Polish, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in West Terre Haute is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
