Males had a median income of $18,417 versus $20,682 for females.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,196, and the median income for a family was $29,722. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.7 males. For every 100 females, there were 106.3 males. In the city, the population was spread out, with 39.9% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 13.2% from 45 to 64, and 3.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.56 and the average family size was 4.10. Of all households, 16.7% were made up of individuals, and 3.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 432 households, out of which 54.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. The racial makeup of the city is 68.64% Hispanic or Latino, 43.98% White, 1.17% African American, 1.76% Native American, 0.85% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 43.59% from other races, and 8.52% from two or more races.
There were 510 housing units at an average density of 79.3 per square mile (30.6/km 2). The population density was 238.9 people per square mile (92.3/km 2). Demographics Historical populationĪs of the census of 2000, there were 1,537 people, 432 households, and 327 families residing in the city. House of Representatives passed a resolution permitting Wendover to leave Utah and join Nevada in 2002, but the bill was stalled in the U.S. Congress and the Nevada and Utah legislatures. Movements to unite Wendover with West Wendover, which is located across the border in Nevada and allows gambling operations, have taken place but require the approval of the U.S. Wendover and Tooele County also operate a joint complex for municipal and county functions. Tooele County School District's Anna Smith Elementary School serves the Wendover area. Investment is also underway to restore the Wendover Airport (located at the former Wendover Air Force Base) which is currently managed by Tooele County.
In 2008, the Utah Department of Transportation completed an interchange at Aria Boulevard on Interstate 80. The Enola Gay was stationed here until June 1945. Hangar of the Enola Gay on the former Wendover Army Air Field, January 2006ĭuring World War II, the nearby Wendover Army Air Field (later known as the Wendover Air Force Base) was a training base for bomber pilots, including the crew of the Enola Gay. The Western Pacific became part of the larger Union Pacific Railroad in 1983. įrom 1917 to 1939, a Western Pacific subsidiary known as the Deep Creek Railroad also operated into Wendover. However, the line was not utilized until January 25, 1915, when the first transcontinental telephone call was made to coincide with the opening of the Panama Pacific Exposition. The transcontinental telephone line was completed as workers raised the final pole at Wendover, Utah on June 27, 1914, after construction of 3,400 miles (5,500 km) of telephone line. The town was established in 1908 as a station stop on the Western Pacific Railroad, then under construction. Today it serves as a frontage road between Wendover and Knolls just to the south of the Interstate. The Wendover Cut-off was the former path of the Victory Highway as well as U.S. Interstate 80 runs just north of both cities, while Interstate 80 Business (Wendover Boulevard) runs through the two cities.
Wendover is on the western border of Utah, and is contiguous with West Wendover, Nevada.