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Terre Haute, IN
$2,609after tax and rent
Photo: Nheyob / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
On a $83,730 household paycheck in Terre Haute.
Modelled metro
So you know: homicide deaths in Terre Haute are under the US rate in this release, 5.2 versus 6.5 per 100,000. CDC via County Health Rankings, CDC NVSS 2017–2023 (CHR 2025 release).
Move Score
74
Each row is 0–100. The Move Score is their weighted average, rounded, and it stops at 99. Rent is only in Housing. Jobs is off when the paycheck is the same in every city. Schools is off when there are no kids.
The 6 rows that are on. Their weighted average is 74.3, and that is the score, rounded, up to 99. Rows that are off stay out. The percent on each row is its weight. Tap a row to see what it measures. How the score is weighted
Example household
Example: $83,730, same pay in every city · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
These figures are projections built from available public data. Conditions change, and the numbers may not reflect current prices, taxes, or immigration rules. Check official sources before you make decisions.
After tax and rent
$2,609
Home city
Not picked
Salary
$83,730
Same everywhere
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Stats
- Rent
- $903
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,333
- Per month
- Tax
- 24%
- Of pay
- Prices
- 5% below
- US, besides rent
Next
$2,609 / mo
The month
One earner. 1 bd.
See full breakdown
- Taxes$1,644
- Rent$759
- Other$1,965
- Left$2,609
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,730
- Federal income tax
- −$9,591
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,405
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,482
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,256
- Take-home pay
- $63,996
- Effective tax rate
- 23.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $759
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,724
After tax and rent
$2,609 left/mo
County by county
4 counties. Rent in this table is the Census median of what residents pay. The city figure is Zillow asking rent.
| County | People | Median rent | 2-bed rent | Home value | Income | Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vigo CountyIN | 106k63% | $879 | $947 | $140,400 | $52,525 | 20 min |
| Clay CountyIN | 26k16% | $837 | $865 | $128,900 | $67,676 | 29 min |
| Sullivan CountyIN | 21k12% | $813 | $809 | $122,200 | $54,985 | 25 min |
| Vermillion CountyIN | 15k9% | $785 | $821 | $109,500 | $59,363 | 28 min |
Census ACS 2023. “—” is not published.
Working remotely
If the paycheck stays the same
One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $4,599 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $759.
- Work from home
- 6.0% of workers
- ACS 2024 1-year
- Home internet
- 66.2% of households
- Cable, fiber optic, or DSL
- Paid to move, remote job
- No open remote grant on this metro
Worked-from-home share is from ACS 2024 1-year. Internet is households with cable, fiber optic, or DSL, from ACS 2023 5-year.
The place
23 min commute. A car per adult.
- Weather
- Not shown for this metro.
- Getting around
- A car per adult
- Average commute
- 23 minutes each way
- Size
- 169k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $132,000. About $924/mo with 20% down.
- Taxes
- Indiana income tax is a flat 3.00%, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. Sales tax 7.0%, property tax 0.76%.
Schools
- Students
- 22,798
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.3
- Districts
- 7
- Vigo County School Corp13,277 students
- Clay Community Schools3,995 students
- Southwest School Corporation1,776 students
- South Vermillion Com Sch Corp1,548 students
- Northeast School Corp773 students
NCES 2024-2025. The district count is every public district in the metro. The names are the largest 5.
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Take-home by job in Terre Haute
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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Questions
How is take-home pay in Terre Haute calculated?
Terre Haute is in Indiana, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 1.50%. Take-home is a local salary minus federal tax, payroll tax, and that state tax. Leftover is what remains after rent and bills.
What does rent cost in Terre Haute?
About $759 for a one-bedroom and $903 for a two-bedroom in Terre Haute, IN. Terre Haute averages 202 sunny days, a July high of 84°F, and a 23-minute commute.
How do I compare Terre Haute with another city?
Put Terre Haute next to another city on the same job and household. The gap is the tax bill and the rent.
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