Iron County vs Tooele County

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

Iron 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.

Tooele County has the higher population (76,648 vs 60,201 in Iron County). Tooele County has the higher median household income ($101,846 vs $65,527 in Iron County). Tooele County has the higher median home value ($391,300 vs $342,900 in Iron County).

Population, income & housing

	Iron County	Tooele County
Population	60,201	76,648
Median age	29.9 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,527	$101,846
Median home value	$342,900	$391,300
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,134
Housing units	22,824	24,138
Homeownership rate	67.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron County	Tooele County
Population	51,213 → 60,201 (+17.6%)	67,397 → 76,648 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$51,807 → $65,527 (+26.5%)	$74,562 → $101,846 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$213,600 → $342,900 (+60.5%)	$223,400 → $391,300 (+75.2%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $1,008 (+24.0%)	$966 → $1,134 (+17.4%)

Iron County

Population

51,21360,201

Median household income

$51,807$65,527

Median home value

$213,600$342,900

Median gross rent

$813$1,008

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)

	Iron County	Tooele County
Under 5	6.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	24.1%
18 to 24	15.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.7%
75 and over	4.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron County	Tooele County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	79.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.9%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron County	Tooele County
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	25.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron County	Tooele County
Drove alone	74.1%	70.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	12.5%
Public transit	0.1%	1.1%
Walked	2.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.0%	13.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron County	Tooele County
1-unit, detached	65.1%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	7.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Iron County	Tooele County
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.7%
Average household size	3.01	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	30
Median year structure built	1996	1997