Tooele vs Wendover

A side-by-side comparison of Tooele and Wendover: population, income, housing, and more.

Tooele and Wendover are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tooele has the higher population (37,265 vs 1,264 in Wendover). Tooele has the higher median household income ($88,893 vs $45,938 in Wendover). Tooele has the higher median home value ($338,400 vs $166,700 in Wendover).

Population, income & housing

	Tooele	Wendover
Population	37,265	1,264
Median age	32.8 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,893	$45,938
Median home value	$338,400	$166,700
Median gross rent	$1,166	$688
Housing units	12,391	547
Homeownership rate	80.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tooele	Wendover
Population	34,535 → 37,265 (+7.9%)	1,037 → 1,264 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$63,851 → $88,893 (+39.2%)	$33,750 → $45,938 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$195,300 → $338,400 (+73.3%)	$53,300 → $166,700 (+212.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $1,166 (+13.1%)	$594 → $688 (+15.8%)

Tooele

Population

34,53537,265

Median household income

$63,851$88,893

Median home value

$195,300$338,400

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,166

Wendover

Population

1,0371,264

Median household income

$33,750$45,938

Median home value

$53,300$166,700

Median gross rent

$594$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tooele	Wendover
Under 5	7.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	19.2%
35 to 44	16.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	9.2%	7.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	3.3%
75 and over	4.1%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tooele	Wendover
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	33.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	66.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tooele	Wendover
No high school diploma	7.7%	34.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tooele	Wendover
Drove alone	69.7%	63.4%
Carpooled	15.2%	15.1%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	15.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	5.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tooele	Wendover
1-unit, detached	77.6%	17.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	24.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	27.2%

Poverty & households

	Tooele	Wendover
Poverty rate	5.3%	22.2%
Average household size	3.08	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	31	8
Median year structure built	1993	1978