Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 46/100
D
Median home value$381,400
Salt Lake City $515,400
Median rent$1,214/mo
Salt Lake City $1,583/mo
Cost-burdened households23%
Salt Lake City 29%
Tooele
Tooele County38,405 residentsTooele District
59
C
Suburbgrade score
19th of 21 Salt Lake City suburbs. Strongest on cost of living, held back by commute & transport.
59
Salt Lake City median 67
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A+ · 100
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What living here is actually like
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What Tooele is like to live in, by category
Bars show Tooele against Salt Lake City. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · inactive
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Within-state proficiency—
percentile among districts in the same state
Student–teacher ratio20.6
Salt Lake City median 22.4
Graduation rate—
four-year adjusted cohort
Cost of living
14% of the score · 84/100
A−
Housing cost index83
Salt Lake City 100
Eff. tax rate0.57%
Salt Lake City 0.50%
Local sales tax7.42%
Salt Lake City median 7.42%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 40/100
D−
Mean commute30.8 min
Salt Lake City 22.8 min
Under 30 minutes46%
Salt Lake City 71%
Transit stops / sq mi5.1
Salt Lake City median 8.6 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 71/100
B−
Restaurants & cafés43
Salt Lake City median 70 · within 2 miles
Groceries4
Salt Lake City median 6 · within 2 miles
Parks63
Salt Lake City median 72 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 59/100
C
Median household income$96,221
Salt Lake City $98,083
Unemployment3.8%
Salt Lake City 3.8%
Professional occupations30%
Salt Lake City 44%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
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Better than Tooele on commute & transport
Tooele's weakest grade is D−. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbCommuteOverall
Murray23 mi from TooeleA− 72 B− South Salt Lake24 mi from TooeleA− 65 C+ Midvale22 mi from TooeleB+ 66 C+ Taylorsville20 mi from TooeleB+ 68 B− Sandy24 mi from TooeleB 72 B− Bluffdale20 mi from TooeleB 67 C+ Mean commute: ACS 2020–24 · Commuting under 30 minutes: ACS 2020–24
Common questions about living in Tooele
Is Tooele, UT a good place to live?
Tooele scores 59 out of 100, 19th of 21 Salt Lake City suburbs. It is strongest on cost of living and weakest on commute & transport. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Tooele expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades A−. The median home is $381,400, 26% below the Salt Lake City median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.57%. $1,214/mo is the median gross rent.
How long is the commute from Tooele?
The mean commute is 30.8 min, with 46% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 14% working from home. Transit density is 5.1 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Tooele?
Within two miles there are 4 groceries, 43 restaurants and cafés and 63 parks, which grades B− on amenities.
Are the homes in Tooele old or new?
The median home in Tooele was built in 1994 — newer than the Salt Lake City median of 1987. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 81% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.
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