Work & commute · Terre Haute

Work & commute in Terre Haute, IN

46% of Terre Haute’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Honey Creek (5%), Center (3%) and Van Buren (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

9,477 of 20,560 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,083 Terre Haute residents head out of town to work, 9,477 work right here, and 21,054 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Terre Haute.

11,083live here, work elsewhere

9,477live and work here

21,054work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Terre Haute goes to work

Terre Haute (in town)right here

46%9,477

Honey Creek5.3 mi away

5%1,068

Center69.2 mi away

3%518

Van Buren18.2 mi away

2%463

Linton11.1 mi away

2%420

Otter Creek6.8 mi away

1%307

Washington71.5 mi away

1%232

Brazil14 mi away

1%222

Paris, IL19.7 mi away

1%221

Evansville102.4 mi away

1%206

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%7,426

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Terre Haute commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

57%

10%

27%

57%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Terre Haute is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Terre Haute are

30,531 jobs are based in Terre Haute. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Terre Haute’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Terre Haute

30,531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Terre Haute residents hold

20,560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−14%

Jobs based in Terre Haute, 2013 → 2023: 35,644 → 30,531. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.