For statistical purposes, the US Census Bureau has designated it a census-designated place (CDP).

Tooleville has the lowest per capita income ($3,711) of any CDP in California [1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 0.07 square miles (0.17 km2), all of it land.

Tooleville narratives indicate that the Toole family, coming from Missouri in the Dust Bowl era, purchased a large parcel of land and sold portions of it to other Dust Bowl migrants.

[4] Tooleville is one of many areas in the Central Valley plagued for decades by contaminated drinking water caused by chemical fertilizers, animal wastes, and pesticides that have infiltrated aquifers.

[6] In 1973, the county general plan deemed as having little or no authentic future and that by withholding major public facilities such as sewer and water systems, the community would enter a process of long term, natural decline.

[7] Tooleville residents have sought water access through nearby Exeter, but Exeter officials declined to provide a connection to their water system for more than 20 years.