Tooele County vs Wasatch County

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

Tooele County and Wasatch 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 35,808 in Wasatch County). Wasatch County has the higher median household income ($115,146 vs $101,846 in Tooele County). Wasatch County has the higher median home value ($724,400 vs $391,300 in Tooele County).

Population, income & housing

	Tooele County	Wasatch County
Population	76,648	35,808
Median age	32.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,846	$115,146
Median home value	$391,300	$724,400
Median gross rent	$1,134	$1,905
Housing units	24,138	15,446
Homeownership rate	82.6%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tooele County	Wasatch County
Population	67,397 → 76,648 (+13.7%)	31,708 → 35,808 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$74,562 → $101,846 (+36.6%)	$85,166 → $115,146 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $391,300 (+75.2%)	$419,900 → $724,400 (+72.5%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,134 (+17.4%)	$1,364 → $1,905 (+39.7%)

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

Wasatch County

Population

31,70835,808

Median household income

$85,166$115,146

Median home value

$419,900$724,400

Median gross rent

$1,364$1,905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tooele County	Wasatch County
Under 5	7.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	24.1%	23.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.8%
75 and over	3.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tooele County	Wasatch County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tooele County	Wasatch County
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.4%
High school graduate	30.9%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tooele County	Wasatch County
Drove alone	70.8%	67.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	11.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.7%	18.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tooele County	Wasatch County
1-unit, detached	80.5%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	5.6%
20 or more units	2.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Tooele County	Wasatch County
Poverty rate	4.7%	5.1%
Average household size	3.31	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1997	2003