Terre Haute is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Terre Haute enrolled in college, Terre Haute has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
One of the benefits of Terre Haute is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.19 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.
The citizens of Terre Haute are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.11% of adults in Terre Haute having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Terre Haute in 2022 was $24,448, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,792 for a family of four. However, Terre Haute contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Terre Haute is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Terre Haute home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Terre Haute residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Terre Haute include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Terre Haute is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
