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Tooele, UT
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Living in Tooele



Tooele is a medium-sized city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 38,588 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Tooele is the 27th largest community in Utah.

Also of interest is that Tooele has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.78% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Tooele is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Tooele, the average commute to work is 32.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The percentage of adults in Tooele with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.44% of adults in Tooele have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Tooele in 2018 was $30,710, which is lower middle income relative to Utah, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,840 for a family of four. However, Tooele contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tooele is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tooele home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tooele residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Tooele also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.08% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tooele include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Tooele is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.