Wendover, Utah
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(5.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 32.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 20.0% for other race residents, 49.1% for two or more races residents)
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Wendover, UT
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2007, including police officers: 3 (3 officers - 3 male; 0 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 1.83 |
Utah average: | 1.75 |
Wendover tourist attractions:
Here: | 2.7% |
Utah: | 2.5% |
- Arts, entertainment, recreation (40.4%)
- Accommodation & food services (18.8%)
- Educational services (6.1%)
- Public administration (4.9%)
- Construction (4.4%)
- Food & beverage stores (3.8%)
- Health care (3.1%)
- Arts, entertainment, recreation (40.9%)
- Accommodation & food services (17.1%)
- Construction (6.0%)
- Public administration (5.2%)
- Health care (5.2%)
- Educational services (4.9%)
- Chemicals (3.6%)
- Arts, entertainment, recreation (39.7%)
- Accommodation & food services (21.4%)
- Educational services (7.9%)
- Finance & insurance (6.3%)
- Food & beverage stores (4.4%)
- Public administration (4.4%)
- Construction (2.0%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12.1%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers, including supervisors (11.4%)
- Cashiers (9.7%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers, except child care workers (9.4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4.5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4.4%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (3.3%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers, including supervisors (15.8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10.6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers, except child care workers (8.3%)
- Cashiers (8.3%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7.0%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (3.9%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (3.6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (14.3%)
- Cashiers (11.9%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers, except child care workers (11.1%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6.3%)
- Transportation, tourism, and lodging attendants (5.6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers, including supervisors (4.8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (4.0%)
Average climate in Wendover, Utah
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
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Earthquake activity:
Wendover-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Utah state average. It is 2736% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 10/3/1915 at 06:52:48, a magnitude 7.6 (7.6 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 182.7 miles away from the city center
On 8/18/1959 at 06:37:13, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK) earthquake occurred 315.7 miles away from the city center, causing $26,000,000 total damage
On 10/28/1983 at 14:06:06, a magnitude 7.3 (6.2 MB, 7.3 MS, 7.0 MW) earthquake occurred 231.4 miles away from the city center, causing 2 deaths (2 shaking deaths) and 3 injuries, causing $15,000,000 total damage
On 12/21/1932 at 06:10:09, a magnitude 7.2 (7.2 UK) earthquake occurred 265.0 miles away from the city center
On 12/16/1954 at 11:07:12, a magnitude 7.0 (7.0 UK) earthquake occurred 235.6 miles away from Wendover center
On 2/21/2008 at 14:16:02, a magnitude 6.0 (5.7 MB, 5.8 MS, 6.0 MW, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 52.3 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Tooele County (7) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 4
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 4, Landslides: 3, Storms: 2, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Mudslide: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Airports located in Wendover:
- Wendover Airport (ENV) (Runways: 2, Commercial Ops: 799, Itinerant Ops: 3,678, Local Ops: 96, Military Ops: 849)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Wendover:
- Salt Lake Community College (about 110 miles; Salt Lake City, UT; Full-time enrollment: 20,797)
- Latter-day Saints Business College (about 112 miles; Salt Lake City, UT; FT enrollment: 2,059)
- Stevens-Henager College-Murray (about 112 miles; Murray, UT; FT enrollment: 6,395)
- Western Governors University (about 114 miles; Salt Lake City, UT; FT enrollment: 31,481)
- Weber State University (about 114 miles; Ogden, UT; FT enrollment: 17,655)
- Westminster College (about 115 miles; Salt Lake City, UT; FT enrollment: 2,870)
- University of Utah (about 115 miles; Salt Lake City, UT; FT enrollment: 28,454)
Public elementary/middle school in Wendover:
Points of interest:
Notable locations in Wendover: Wendover City Fire Department (A), Wendover Airport Fire Department (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Wendover: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Wendover Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Hotels: Days Inn of Wendover (685 East Wendover Boulevard), Motel 6 (545 East Wendover Boulevard), Western Ridge Motel (985 East Wendover Boulevard), Econo Lodge Stateline (245 East Wendover Boulevard), Best Western Salt Flat Inn (935 East Wendover Boulevard), Bonneville Motel (375 East Wendover Boulevard), Econolodge (295 East Wendover Boulevard), Heritage Motel-Wendover (Wendover Boulevard).
Drinking water stations with addresses in Wendover and their reported violations in the past:
WENDOVER CITY WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 1,600, Groundwater under infl of surface water):Past health violations:Past monitoring violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2010, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-14-2010), St Public Notif requested (OCT-14-2010)
- Follow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R - In OCT-01-2010, Contaminant: Lead and Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAY-02-2011)
- 3 minor monitoring violations
This city: | 2.9 people |
Utah: | 3.1 people |
This city: | 63.4% |
Whole state: | 75.2% |
This city: | 11.9% |
Whole state: | 4.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Here: | 20.0 |
Utah average: | 10.9 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Wendover, UT (based on Tooele County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Other | 38,895 | 88 |
Catholic | 10,706 | 2 |
Evangelical Protestant | 1,250 | 14 |
Mainline Protestant | 293 | 2 |
None | 7,074 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Tooele County: | 1.28 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.37 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.18 / 10,000 pop. |
Utah: | 0.18 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Utah: | 0.41 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 2.37 / 10,000 pop. |
Utah: | 2.82 / 10,000 pop. |
Tooele County: | 2.37 / 10,000 pop. |
Utah: | 5.09 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 7.9% |
Utah: | 6.3% |
Tooele County: | 28.6% |
State: | 23.6% |
Health and Nutrition:
Here: | 43.8% |
Utah: | 48.9% |
This city: | 44.3% |
State: | 47.0% |
This city: | 27.7 |
Utah: | 28.4 |
Here: | 25.8% |
Utah: | 21.0% |
This city: | 7.8% |
Utah: | 10.3% |
This city: | 6.7 |
State: | 6.8 |
Here: | 27.5% |
State: | 31.9% |
Here: | 54.1% |
Utah: | 57.4% |
This city: | 81.3% |
Utah: | 80.1% |
More about Health and Nutrition of Wendover, UT Residents
Local government employment and payroll (March 2022) | |||||
Function | Full-time employees | Monthly full-time payroll | Average yearly full-time wage | Part-time employees | Monthly part-time payroll |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fire - Other | 3 | $11,762 | $47,048 | 3 | $1,227 |
Judicial and Legal | 3 | $3,000 | $12,000 | 0 | $0 |
Water Supply | 2 | $9,223 | $55,338 | 0 | $0 |
Other Government Administration | 2 | $6,353 | $38,118 | 12 | $493 |
Other and Unallocable | 1 | $2,881 | $34,572 | 0 | $0 |
Police - Other | 1 | $6,332 | $75,984 | 0 | $0 |
Financial Administration | 1 | $2,989 | $35,868 | 0 | $0 |
Solid Waste Management | 1 | $3,242 | $38,904 | 0 | $0 |
Firefighters | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,700 | |
Totals for Government | 14 | $45,781 | $39,241 | 16 | $3,419 |
Wendover government finances - Expenditure in 2018 (per resident):
- Construction - Water Utilities: $36,000 ($31.72)
Regular Highways: $34,000 ($29.96)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $353,000 ($311.01)
Water Utilities: $188,000 ($165.64)
Sewerage: $157,000 ($138.33)
Solid Waste Management: $142,000 ($125.11)
Central Staff Services: $83,000 ($73.13)
General Public Buildings: $70,000 ($61.67)
Financial Administration: $58,000 ($51.10)
Local Fire Protection: $57,000 ($50.22)
Judicial and Legal Services: $45,000 ($39.65)
Regular Highways: $30,000 ($26.43)
Public Welfare - Other: $25,000 ($22.03)
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities - Other: $6,000 ($5.29)
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $5,000 ($4.41)
Transit Utilities: $3,000 ($2.64)
Health - Other: $1,000 ($0.88)
Parks and Recreation: $1,000 ($0.88)
- General - Interest on Debt: $8,000 ($7.05)
- Total Salaries and Wages: $502,000 ($442.29)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $65,000 ($57.27)
Wendover government finances - Revenue in 2018 (per resident):
- Charges - Sewerage: $230,000 ($202.64)
Solid Waste Management: $227,000 ($200.00)
Other: $50,000 ($44.05)
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $5,000 ($4.41)
Parks and Recreation: $2,000 ($1.76)
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $56,000 ($49.34)
Public Welfare: $12,000 ($10.57)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $258,000 ($227.31)
Fines and Forfeits: $40,000 ($35.24)
Interest Earnings: $25,000 ($22.03)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $395,000 ($348.02)
- State Intergovernmental - Water Utilities: $197,000 ($173.57)
Highways: $77,000 ($67.84)
General Local Government Support: $5,000 ($4.41)
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $227,000 ($200.00)
Property: $175,000 ($154.19)
Public Utilities Sales: $69,000 ($60.79)
Other Selective Sales: $57,000 ($50.22)
Occupation and Business License - Other: $13,000 ($11.45)
Other License: $6,000 ($5.29)
Wendover government finances - Debt in 2018 (per resident):
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,835,000 ($1616.74)
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,800,000 ($1585.90)
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $35,000 ($30.84)
Wendover government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018 (per resident):
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $704,000 ($620.26)
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,257,000 ($1107.49)
Businesses in Wendover, UT | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Best Western | 1 | Quality | 1 | |
Motel 6 | 1 | U-Haul | 1 |
Strongest AM radio stations in Wendover:
- KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)
- KSL (1160 AM; 50 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
- KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KTKK (630 AM; 10 kW; SANDY, UT; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KBEE (860 AM; 10 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KSOS (800 AM; 10 kW; BRIGHAM CITY, UT; Owner: SIMMONS-SLC, LS, LLC)
- KKDS (1060 AM; 10 kW; SOUTH SALT LAKE, UT; Owner: HOLIDAY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KANN (1120 AM; 10 kW; ROY, UT; Owner: FAITH COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- KNRS (570 AM; 5 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KZNS (1280 AM; 10 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: SIMMONS-SLC, LS, LLC)
- KKOH (780 AM; 50 kW; RENO, NV; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KXNT (840 AM; 50 kW; NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Wendover:
- KUUU (92.1 FM; TOOELE, UT; Owner: MILLCREEK BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
TV broadcast stations around Wendover:
- K08EI (Channel 8; WENDOVER, UT; Owner: WENDOVER CITY)
- K12EB (Channel 12; WENDOVER, UT; Owner: WENDOVER CITY)
- K56AB (Channel 10; WENDOVER, UT; Owner: BOUNDARY COUNTY TV TRANSLATOR DIST.)
- K57BE (Channel 57; WENDOVER, UT; Owner: WENDOVER CITY)
- K55GF (Channel 55; WENDOVER, UT; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- K05JU (Channel 5; ELKO, NV; Owner: ELKO TELEVISION DISTRICT)
- Wendover, Utah
- Fatal accident count22
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents25
- Fatal accidents involving drunk persons:4
- Fatalities23
- Persons involved in fatal accidents47
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents5
- Utah average
- Fatal accident count2821
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents4362
- Fatal accidents involving drunk persons545
- Fatalities3192
- Persons involved in fatal accidents7483
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents441
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 9Number of bridges
- 69ft / 21.3mTotal length
- 56,813Total average daily traffic
- 31,554Total average daily truck traffic
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers:
3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Wendover)FCC Registered Antenna Towers:
78 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers:
5- Port Of Entry Approx 5 Km E (Lat: 40.743250 Lon: -113.980833), Type: Tower, Structure height: 12 m, Overall height: 18 m, Call Sign: KNNR384,
Assigned Frequencies: 155.745 MHz, Grant Date: 01/26/2021, Expiration Date: 04/11/2031, Certifier: Jake Hunt, Registrant: Utah Communications Authority, 5215 Wiley Post Way, Suite 550, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, Phone: (801) 840-4200, Email:
- Wendover Peak Near (Lat: 40.754361 Lon: -114.020278), Call Sign: KSI434,
Assigned Frequencies: 155.910 MHz, Grant Date: 03/14/2023, Expiration Date: 04/25/2033, Registrant: Tooele County Emergency Management, 15 East 100 South, Tooele, UT 84074, Phone: (435) 833-8126, Fax: (435) 882-9947, Email:
- WENDOVER PEAK, Wendover Peak 92.3 Km Nne Of Wendover (Lat: 40.754361 Lon: -114.020278), Type: Tower, Structure height: 18.3 m, Overall height: 24.4 m, Call Sign: WPRI862,
Assigned Frequencies: 851.175 MHz, 851.537 MHz, 851.787 MHz, 853.537 MHz, 853.812 MHz, Grant Date: 07/23/2015, Expiration Date: 10/05/2025, Certifier: Steven H Proctor, Registrant: Adcomm Engineering Company, 3929 184th Place Se, Bothell, WA 98012-8827, Phone: (425) 489-0125, Fax: (425) 488-3952, Email:
- Lat: 40.737639 Lon: -114.032333, Call Sign: WQGV284,
Assigned Frequencies: 462.312 MHz, 467.312 MHz, 462.362 MHz, 467.362 MHz, 462.412 MHz, 467.412 MHz, Grant Date: 04/24/2007, Expiration Date: 04/24/2017, Cancellation Date: 06/24/2017, Certifier: Joseph W Williams, Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Rd #134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510, Email:
- WENDOVER PEAK, Wendover Peak, Approx. 2.1 Miles North Of (Lat: 40.754361 Lon: -114.020278), Type: Tower, Structure height: 18.3 m, Overall height: 24.4 m, Call Sign: WQJL676,
Assigned Frequencies: 156.015 MHz, Grant Date: 08/02/2018, Expiration Date: 10/24/2028, Certifier: Lynn Yeates, Registrant: Utah Communications Authority, 461 Stewart Drive Box A-1, Ogden, UT 84404, Phone: (801) 633-2387, Fax: (801) 393-3414, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers:
12 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)FCC Registered Paging Towers:
1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers:
4 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses:
8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Wendover)2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wendover, UT
- 6641.0%Outside Fires
- 4628.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 3723.0%Structure Fires
- 127.5%Other
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Wendover, Utah:
- Motel 6, 561 E Wendover Blvd, Wendover, Utah 84083 , Phone: (435) 665-2267, Fax: (435) 665-2696
- Quality Inn Stateline, 295 E Wendover Blvd, Wendover, Utah 84083 , Phone: (435) 665-2226
- Super 8 Wendover, 935 E Wendover Blvd, Wendover, Utah 84083 , Phone: (435) 665-7811, Fax: (435) 665-7812
Most common first names in Wendover, UT among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
George | 5 | 80.8 years |
Robert | 5 | 71.2 years |
Richard | 4 | 57.7 years |
James | 2 | 69.1 years |
Jean | 2 | 71.5 years |
Fred | 2 | 82.9 years |
Jack | 2 | 68.0 years |
Francis | 2 | 70.0 years |
Kathryn | 2 | 63.0 years |
Shirley | 2 | 76.0 years |
Most common last names in Wendover, UT among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Eriksen | 3 | 76.4 years |
Moon | 3 | 54.6 years |
Murphy | 3 | 68.3 years |
Lamus | 2 | 66.5 years |
Christensen | 2 | 75.1 years |
Kearney | 2 | 82.0 years |
Ayala | 2 | 89.5 years |
Baker | 2 | 41.0 years |
Kerbovich | 2 | 65.5 years |
Johnston | 2 | 77.0 years |
- 65.7%Electricity
- 15.2%Utility gas
- 13.1%Wood
- 5.1%Solar energy
- 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 82.9%Electricity
- 14.0%Utility gas
- 1.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.4%Wood
Wendover compared to Utah state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Renting percentage significantly above state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
Wendover on our top lists:
- #10 on the list of "Top 100 cities with strongest arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services industries"
- #85 (84083) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the smallest percentage of taxpayers reporting profit/loss from business in 2012 (pop 1,000+)"
- #100 (84083) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of returns reporting salary or wage in 2012 (pop 1,000+)"
- #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
- #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
- #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
- #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
- #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"