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Wendover is a small town of 1,261 people in Tooele County, Utah. It's about 110 miles from Salt Lake City, UT. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 35°F, with about 23 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $298k and rent runs about $675 a month.
1,261people
$298kTypical home
$675/moRent
93° / 35°Summer / winter
23"Snow
269Sunny days
36Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,261
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 141 people per sq mi
- 110 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 110 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 82 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $298k (≈$1,880/mo)
- Median rent $675/mo
- Median household income $44k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 35°F
- Dry summers (dew point 37°F)
- 269 sunny days a year (111 totally clear)
- 96 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 36 days a year with rain or snow
- 23" of snow a year
- 8 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- 12 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- About average violent crime (354 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,086 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 28
- 53% of households have kids
- 6% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 14% walk or take transit to work
- 93 mi to EKO airport
- 107 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 91 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 35% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1981
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,229 ft
- 438 mi to the ocean
- 65 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 97 mi to the nearest ski area
- 55 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 109 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of Utah districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 91 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 91 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 91 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 1 congregations per 10k people
- 90 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tooele County: R+41 in 2024
- Utah: R+22 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.