City safety & data profile
TooeleUT
Tooele, UT is a 33K-resident city in Tooele County with a median household income of $96,221.
Tooele County, Utah. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Tooele, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Tooele has a population larger than 67% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $381,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-08-21
- 33K
- Population (place)
- Top 33%
- By size
- $96,221
- Median income (place)
- $381,400
- Median home (place)
- 5.9%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Tooele
Tooele posts a median household income higher than 66% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Tooele area.
- Top 34%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Tooele
Where Tooele income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$96,221 Top 34% higher than 66% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in UT
Population among 58 UT places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, UT
215,548 residents
- West Valley …
West Valley City, UT
136,208 residents
- Provo
Provo, UT
115,162 residents
- West Jordan
West Jordan, UT
111,946 residents
- Orem
Orem, UT
94,457 residents
- Sandy
Sandy, UT
87,461 residents
- Ogden 85,444
Ogden, UT
85,444 residents
- Layton 74,143
Layton, UT
74,143 residents
- Saint George 72,897
Saint George, UT
72,897 residents
- South Jordan 66,648
South Jordan, UT
66,648 residents
What this shows Salt Lake City is the largest UT city on this list; Highland leads median income.
Highest median incomes in UT
Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Highland
Highland, UT
$186,075 median
- Alpine
Alpine, UT
$168,929 median
- Cedar Hills
Cedar Hills, UT
$139,008 median
- South Jordan
South Jordan, UT
$134,047 median
- Syracuse
Syracuse, UT
$133,443 median
- Kaysville
Kaysville, UT
$133,026 median
- Lehi
Lehi, UT
$131,299 median
- Bluffdale
Bluffdale, UT
$129,531 median
- Draper
Draper, UT
$128,910 median
- Saratoga Spr…
Saratoga Springs, UT
$128,802 median
What this shows Highland posts the highest place-level median income in UT; Salt Lake City is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Tooele, UT beyond the headline numbers
Tooele sits inside Tooele County, Utah, at roughly 40.53°N, -112.30°W. Population 33,157, $96,221 median household income. Median home value $381,400, median rent $1,214. Poverty rate 5.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Tooele, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
Hardship is low by national standards: 5.9% of Tooele, UT residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.
A median home in Tooele runs about 4.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
13.8% of Tooele workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 13.2% in Tooele, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Tooele's median age is 32.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Tooele from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Tooele County): Tooele's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 5.9% -52% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 18.6% |
| Work From Home | 13.8% |
| Public Transit | 1.6% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
Alerts & News - Tooele Area
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Tooele right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Safety Context
Tooele, UT is located in Tooele County, Utah. With a population of 33K and a $96,221 median household income, the community faces health challenges including short sleep duration and obesity. Residents have access to 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. Safety alerts for the Tooele area are monitored from federal and state agencies including FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC.
Safety Guides
Primary source data
EPA Outdoor Air Quality Data
Federal monitoring network, every measurement we report
AirNow - Utah
Real-time AQI for every monitored Utah location
National Weather Service
NOAA active watches, warnings, advisories
CDC Air Quality & Health
Health-impact reference for every AQI category
EPA NAAQS standards
National Ambient Air Quality Standards, the regulatory thresholds
Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Tooele, both outside Utah so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside UT (5.9% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside UT ($96,221 here).
Nearby Cities 8
Using Tooele's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Tooele area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Tooele against Utah peers on any ranking lens. Explore Utah
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Tooele County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.