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Stansbury Park.
Stansbury Park is an unincorporated community in Tooele County, UT. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.
What it's like to live in Stansbury Park
Stansbury Park is an unincorporated community in Utah with household incomes running above the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.
The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Stansbury Park deals with home prices well above the national average, commute times longer than most cities, larger class sizes than the national average, and cold winters.
The good
- Higher-than-average incomes
The not so good
- High home prices
- Above-average commute times
- High student-teacher ratio
- Cold winters
- Heavy snowfall — 75" per year
- Smaller place — fewer dining and entertainment options
How Stansbury Park compares
Median household income
Median home value
What it takes to move to Stansbury Park
Based on Stansbury Park's median rent, home value and household income
To buy
$96,380
a 20% down payment on the median home
- With 10% down: $48,190
- Homes cost 3.8× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)
Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.
The details
Job market
3.8% county unemployment
Unemployment in Tooele County is 3.8%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.
Tooele County (county-wide)
Safety
251 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction
Stansbury Park doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Tooele County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.
Property crime 639/100k · Policed by Tooele County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data
Getting around▲ 18% above US
31 min average commute
Traffic is a real factor here. The 30.7 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 15% work from home.
How workers get to work
Climate
Summers are warm, with highs around 88°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 22°F and snow a regular occurrence. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.
Average month
30-year averages, 1991–2020
Education & workforceNear US average
35% bachelor's degree or higher
Education levels run about average, with 35% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.
Schools
4 public schools inside the boundary
There are 4 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 25:1, above the national average of 16:1.
Parks & recreation
The nearest national park or historic site is Timpanogos Cave National Monument (34 miles away). There are 2 national parks and sites within a day's drive.
Bottom line
Stansbury Park's strongest point is household incomes running above the national average; the main tradeoffs are home prices well above the national average and commute times longer than most cities. It tends to suit remote workers (15% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.
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