Tooele County vs Washington County

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

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

Washington County has the higher population (189,827 vs 76,648 in Tooele County). Tooele County has the higher median household income ($101,846 vs $76,411 in Washington County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($465,600 vs $391,300 in Tooele County).

Population, income & housing

	Tooele County	Washington County
Population	76,648	189,827
Median age	32.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,846	$76,411
Median home value	$391,300	$465,600
Median gross rent	$1,134	$1,464
Housing units	24,138	78,993
Homeownership rate	82.6%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tooele County	Washington County
Population	67,397 → 76,648 (+13.7%)	165,811 → 189,827 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$74,562 → $101,846 (+36.6%)	$59,839 → $76,411 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $391,300 (+75.2%)	$283,800 → $465,600 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,134 (+17.4%)	$1,015 → $1,464 (+44.2%)

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

Washington County

Population

165,811189,827

Median household income

$59,839$76,411

Median home value

$283,800$465,600

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,464

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tooele County	Washington County
Under 5	7.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.7%	12.3%
75 and over	3.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tooele County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.7%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tooele County	Washington County
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tooele County	Washington County
Drove alone	70.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	10.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.7%	13.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tooele County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	80.5%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	5.3%
20 or more units	2.8%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Tooele County	Washington County
Poverty rate	4.7%	9.9%
Average household size	3.31	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1997	2002