Photo: Nyttend · Public domainTerre Haute Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The average commute takes 24 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). Employers in Terre Haute Township report 5 jobs, against 89 working residents. Hardly any work in Terre Haute Township; the top destination outside it is Stronghurst (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Terre Haute Township on a workday
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Terre Haute Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Terre Haute Township goes to work
Where Terre Haute Township clocks in
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Terre Haute Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Terre Haute Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 5. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Terre Haute Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Terre Haute Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Terre Haute Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Terre Haute Township
About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Terre Haute Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Terre Haute Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terre Haute Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $96,484 |
| La Harpe Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Raritan Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Stronghurst Township | under 3% | D | C+ | 26 min | $50,938 |
| Lomax Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. La Harpe Township: not graded. Raritan Township and Lomax Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Terre Haute Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Terre Haute Township: questions
What is the median household income in Terre Haute Township?
$96,484 (±$50,985) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Terre Haute Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Terre Haute Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Terre Haute Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stronghurst (16%, 6 mi), West Burlington (10%, 15 mi), Macomb (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Terre Haute Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Terre Haute Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Terre Haute Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.