Tecumseh vs Terre Haute

A side-by-side comparison of Tecumseh and Terre Haute: population, income, housing, and more.

Tecumseh and Terre Haute are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Terre Haute has the higher population (58,491 vs 870 in Tecumseh). Tecumseh has the higher median household income ($92,708 vs $41,960 in Terre Haute). Tecumseh has the higher median home value ($240,700 vs $109,500 in Terre Haute).

Population, income & housing

	Tecumseh	Terre Haute
Population	870	58,491
Median age	43.5 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,708	$41,960
Median home value	$240,700	$109,500
Median gross rent	—	$877
Housing units	311	26,613
Homeownership rate	100.0%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tecumseh	Terre Haute
Population	799 → 870 (+8.9%)	60,673 → 58,491 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$76,083 → $92,708 (+21.9%)	$36,406 → $41,960 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$146,600 → $240,700 (+64.2%)	$78,700 → $109,500 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$731 → $877 (+20.0%)

Tecumseh

Population

799870

Median household income

$76,083$92,708

Median home value

$146,600$240,700

Terre Haute

Population

60,67358,491

Median household income

$36,406$41,960

Median home value

$78,700$109,500

Median gross rent

$731$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tecumseh	Terre Haute
Under 5	7.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	19.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	24.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.4%
75 and over	3.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tecumseh	Terre Haute
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	10.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tecumseh	Terre Haute
No high school diploma	3.2%	11.5%
High school graduate	21.5%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tecumseh	Terre Haute
Drove alone	86.9%	71.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	4.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tecumseh	Terre Haute
1-unit, detached	100.0%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Tecumseh	Terre Haute
Poverty rate	7.8%	26.7%
Average household size	2.80	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1980	1958