Towns include: Tooele
Job growth (2000-2006): 112.5%
Since its inception in 1850, Tooele had always been a mining area - but now scientific and technical fields are blossoming too. The county - one of the first in Utah - is near full employment and wages are growing at an above-average rate. Helping out is a plan by Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies Inc. to build a $325 million metals plant that will employ 150 people at an average salary of $45,000.
1. Tooele County, Utah Source: OnBoard |  For this year's list we focused on smaller places that offered the best combination of economic opportunity, good schools, safe streets, things to do and a real sense of community (more)  Wondering where the wealth is? Residents of these 25 places have the highest median household incomes in the country. (more) |
