Tooele

Population & Demographics

Tooele, UT

Tooele is home to 38,405 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 21,397 resident workers commute each day.

UtahCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
38,405
people
Population

38,405 residents

Median age 32.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Tooele population & demographics

Who lives in Tooele — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
38,405
Median age
32.7yrs
Median household income
$96,221
Median home value
$381,400
Median gross rent
$1,214/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
18.6%
Poverty rate
5.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Tooele

How Tooele breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White76.1%
Hispanic or Latino17.1%
Two or more races3.2%
Some other race1.4%
Black1.1%
Asian0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Tooele

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Tooele.

Tooele at a glance
Employed Residents
21,397
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
26.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Salt Lake City
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Tooele proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Tooele commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

41 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Tooele

21,397 commutes, one dot at a time

Tooele

Where 21,397 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Tooele, by worker count.

1Salt Lake City26.3 mi4,192
2Tooele0.0 mi3,563
3West Valley City19.0 mi1,564
4Grantsville9.6 mi1,010
5West Jordan16.7 mi616
6Draper22.6 mi483
7Murray23.0 mi480
8Sandy23.4 mi472

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Tooele.

1Tooele0.0 mi3,563
2Grantsville9.6 mi984
3Stansbury Park6.7 mi607
4West Valley City19.0 mi271
5Erda5.1 mi215
6West Jordan16.7 mi214
7Salt Lake City26.3 mi162
8South Jordan16.8 mi142

Top industries

The sectors that employ Tooele’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.2%
EDEducational Services16.6%
RTRetail Trade16.3%
MFManufacturing12.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.8%
COConstruction5.4%
PAPublic Administration5.0%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.7%
TRTransportation and Warehousing2.1%
Connectivity

Internet options for Tooele

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps94%
8 Gbps94%
See all internet providers in Tooele

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