Cache County vs Tooele County

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

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

Cache County has the higher population (137,031 vs 76,648 in Tooele County). Tooele County has the higher median household income ($101,846 vs $78,292 in Cache County). Cache County has the higher median home value ($392,800 vs $391,300 in Tooele County).

Population, income & housing

	Cache County	Tooele County
Population	137,031	76,648
Median age	25.9 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,292	$101,846
Median home value	$392,800	$391,300
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,134
Housing units	45,454	24,138
Homeownership rate	63.6%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cache County	Tooele County
Population	124,165 → 137,031 (+10.4%)	67,397 → 76,648 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$59,038 → $78,292 (+32.6%)	$74,562 → $101,846 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$236,500 → $392,800 (+66.1%)	$223,400 → $391,300 (+75.2%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $1,137 (+41.6%)	$966 → $1,134 (+17.4%)

Cache County

Population

124,165137,031

Median household income

$59,038$78,292

Median home value

$236,500$392,800

Median gross rent

$803$1,137

Tooele County

Population

67,39776,648

Median household income

$74,562$101,846

Median home value

$223,400$391,300

Median gross rent

$966$1,134

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cache County	Tooele County
Under 5	7.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.9%	24.1%
18 to 24	18.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	7.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	5.7%
75 and over	3.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cache County	Tooele County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	79.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.9%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cache County	Tooele County
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	20.1%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cache County	Tooele County
Drove alone	69.6%	70.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	12.5%
Public transit	2.1%	1.1%
Walked	3.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.9%	13.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cache County	Tooele County
1-unit, detached	64.0%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	3.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Cache County	Tooele County
Poverty rate	13.1%	4.7%
Average household size	3.09	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	30
Median year structure built	1991	1997