Grove City

Population & Demographics

Grove City, OH

Grove City is home to 42,517 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 21,607 resident workers commute each day.

OhioCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
42,517
people
Population

42,517 residents

Median age 41.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Grove City population & demographics

Who lives in Grove City — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
42,517
Median age
41.1yrs
Median household income
$93,161
Median home value
$310,400
Median gross rent
$1,331/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
34.4%
Poverty rate
6.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Grove City

How Grove City breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White86.7%
Hispanic or Latino4.2%
Two or more races3.8%
Black3.1%
Asian1.9%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Grove City

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Grove City.

Grove City at a glance
Employed Residents
21,607
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
11.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
16.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Columbus
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Grove City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Grove City commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

68 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Grove City

21,607 commutes, one dot at a time

Grove City

Where 21,607 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Grove City, by worker count.

1Columbus9.6 mi10,001
2Grove City0.0 mi2,468
3Dublin17.2 mi735
4Hilliard12.3 mi449
5Westerville19.3 mi374
6Gahanna15.2 mi296
7Obetz6.8 mi259
8Groveport9.5 mi251

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Grove City.

1Columbus9.6 mi9,161
2Grove City0.0 mi2,468
3Hilliard12.3 mi355
4Reynoldsburg15.8 mi326
5Lancaster26.8 mi244
6Dublin17.2 mi236
7Lincoln Village6.7 mi227
8Pickerington16.2 mi227

Top industries

The sectors that employ Grove City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
TRTransportation and Warehousing21.4%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance14.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.5%
RTRetail Trade12.2%
WSWholesale Trade6.3%
MFManufacturing6.2%
EDEducational Services5.1%
COConstruction3.7%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.7%
Connectivity

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