Tooele City
Welcome to our community
Public assets and businesses within Tooele City
Business & Development Climate and Latest News
- Leitner-Poma of America purchased 25 acres in May of 2023; their grand opening of a 130,000 SF new manufacturing facility will be held on June 14, 2024.
- Central States Manufacturing announced a manufacturing plant in Tooele City. Construction is underway.
- Single Family Residential Building Permits are up each year. 2019: 136; 2020: 266; 2021: 448.
- Carvana purchased land in 2021 to build its first western distribution center. They have hired over 400 people, 85% from the local labor pool.
- Tooele City worked closely with partners to attract Plastic Ingenuity and KCC International, adding hundreds of jobs to the area.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints will construct a temple in Tooele, spurring additional residential investments.
- $7 Million awarded to Tooele City in grants over the last 4 years for trails, emergency generators, parking improvements, historic preservation, and other community enhancement projects.
- The International Airport expansion, Inland Port developments, the Mid-Valley Highway, and the construction of the State Correctional Facility in Western Salt Lake County will serve as regional job opportunities
Demographics
- Tooele City Population: 38,500
- Tooele County Population: 78,000
- Metro Area Population: 1.2 Million
- Median Age: 30.4
- Average Household Size: 3.11
- Home Ownership Rate: 77.6%
- Median Home Value (2022): $293,560
- Median Household Income (2022): $83,064
Education & Workforce
- Tooele Technical College (custom training programs, local hiring assistance, business-led advisory councils)
- Utah State University - Tooele
- Tooele County School District (K-12)
- Blue Peak Alternative High School
- Community Learning Center
Taxable Sales
Tooele City has benefited from a significant increase in sales tax revenue in 2020 compared to 2019.
In 2022 Sales Tax continues to perform stronger than pre-pandemic, indicating a shift in commuting and labor patterns.
The Tooele County sales tax rate is 7.00%.
Property Tax Rate:
Tooele City has a tax rate of 0.002763. Total Property Tax Rate including the School District, County, and other entities is 0.013896.
Community Assets
In Tooele City, we take pride in our community, our heritage (both old and new), and in preserving the "small town" character that many people remember and cherish.
Tooele City is nestled into the west end of the Oquirrh Mountains and is a great place for residents and visitors to recreate. The community maintains recreation amenities including:
- Oquirrh Hills Golf Course
- Pratt Aquatic Center
- Parks, trails , pavilions, and other reservable facilities
- Pickleball courts
- Utah Motorsports Campus
- Deseret Peak sports complex
Tooele City, the Tooele Downtown Alliance, and other community organizations host events throughout the year. These include
- Friday on Vine concert series
- 4th of July Parade and Veteran celebrations
- Markets & festivals
- Golf Tournaments
- Car Shows
- Demolition Derbys
- Equestrian events
- ATV and offroad vehicle events
- Triathelon and cycling events
- Garden tours
Peterson / Ninigret Industrial Depot
These are a sample of the businesses you can find at the Depot:
Job Growth
Tooele County-based jobs have grown from 16,000 in mid-2020 to nearly 19,700 in December of 2023. This represents a new peak and rise in stable employment in Tooele County. The upward trend began in 2015 (at a low of 14,500 jobs) and accelerated in 2020. In 2023 job numbers remained flat, showing little or no growth.
As of December 2023, Tooele County had an unemployment rate of 3.0%.
For many years, Tooele has served as a bedroom community to Salt Lake City. We continue to have a workforce which relys on jobs in Salt Lake.
This presents an opportunity for employers to tap into a workforce that would prefer to reduce their commute and work locally.
2021 Census data shows that each workday over 29,000 Tooele County residents leave the county for employment.
Fiber for Business
- Fiber to Business is provided to many commercial and industrial locations
- Fiber availability is shown on this map in red
- Beehive Broadband
- In 2023, All West Communications announced they would construct Fiber to every address in Tooele City over the next several years. Many locations have fiber for business and residential use.
