Grove City, PA

Census Place

Add Comparison
2024 Population
7,830
US Senator
John Fetterman
Democratic Party
US Senator
Dave McCormick
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
24.4
5.06% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
10.8%
26.5% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$57,169
1.33% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$171,600
3.44% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
3,634
1.41% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Grove City, PA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.3% of the residents in Grove City, PA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Grove City, PA are Grove City College (497 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Grove City, PA was $171,600, and the homeownership rate was 56.8%.

Most people in Grove City, PA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 17.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Grove City, PA was 2 cars per household.

United StatesPennsylvaniaMercer County, PAYoungstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PAMercer County PUMA, PA

Population & Diversity

Grove City, PA is home to a population of 7.83k people, from which 99.3% are citizens. As of 2024, 1.47% of Grove City, PA residents were born outside of the country (115 people).

In 2024, there were 27.6 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (7.04k people) in Grove City, PA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 255 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 161 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.3%
2024 Citizenship
99.4%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.3% of Grove City, PA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Grove City, PA was 99.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Grove City, PA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

View Data
Save Image

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Grove City, PA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    7.04k ± 219
  2. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    255 ± 111
  3. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    161 ± 106
0.587%
Hispanic Population
46 people

In 2024, there were 27.6 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (7.04k people) in Grove City, PA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 255 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 161 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

0.587% of the people in Grove City, PA are hispanic (46 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Grove City, PA as a share of the total population.

View Data
Save Image

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Pennsylvania.
Most Common Origin
  1. India
    99,504 ± 7,715 people
  2. Dominican Republic
    93,569 ± 7,483 people
  3. China
    70,789 ± 6,514 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Pennsylvania was India, the natal country of 99,504 Pennsylvania residents, followed by Dominican Republic with 93,569 and China with 70,789.

View Data
Save Image

Foreign-Born Population

1.47%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
115 people
1.51%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
119 people

As of 2024, 1.47% of Grove City, PA residents (115 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Grove City, PA was 1.51%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Grove City, PA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

View Data
Save Image

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    84 ± 53
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    78 ± 55
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    43 ± 39

Grove City, PA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.08 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Grove City, PA.

View Data
Save Image

Economy

The economy of Grove City, PA employs 3.63k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Grove City, PA were Educational Services (770 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (450 people), and Retail Trade (434 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($77,656), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($61,302), and Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($58,611).

Employment

Occupations

3.63k
2024 Value
± 373
−1.41%
1 Year decline
± 14.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Grove City, PA declined at a rate of −1.41%, from 3.69k employees to 3.63k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Grove City, PA, are Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (421 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (367 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (356 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Grove City, PA.

View Data
Save Image

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Pennsylvania.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Pennsylvania (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

View Data
Save Image

Industries

Employment by Industries

3.63k
2024 Value
± 373
−1.41%
1 Year decline
± 14.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Grove City, PA declined at a rate of −1.41%, from 3.69k employees to 3.63k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Grove City, PA, are Educational Services (770 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (450 people), and Retail Trade (434 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Grove City, PA, though some of these residents may live in Grove City, PA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

View Data
Save Image

Median Earnings by Industry

$31,071
Median earning men ± $6,858
$25,375
Median earning women ± $9,411

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Construction ($80,556), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($70,347), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($53,308).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($54,125), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($43,004), and Public Administration ($40,750).

View Data
Save Image

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Pennsylvania.
Y-Axis
2.78%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 6.03M people employed in Pennsylvania. This represents a 2.78% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 18.1%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Pennsylvania.

View Data
Save Image

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Pennsylvania went to Donald J. Trump with 50.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (48.7%), followed by Jill Stein (0.491%).

John Fetterman and Dave McCormick are the senators currently representing the state of Pennsylvania. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Pennsylvania is currently represented by 17 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Grove City, PA. Showing the available data for Pennsylvania.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (50.4%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (48.7%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Jill Stein (0.491%)
    Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Pennsylvania went to Donald J. Trump with 50.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (48.7%), followed by Jill Stein (0.491%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Pennsylvania for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

View Data
Save Image

Senator Elections

US Senators from Pennsylvania

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Pennsylvania.
John Fetterman
Senator from Pennsylvania3
Assumed office on January 3, 2023
Dave McCormick
Senator from Pennsylvania1
Assumed office on January 3, 2025

John Fetterman and Dave McCormick are the senators currently representing Pennsylvania.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Pennsylvania over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

View Data
Save Image

Education

In 2023, universities in Grove City, PA awarded 497 degrees. The student population of Grove City, PA in 2023 is skewed towards men, with 1,249 male students and 1,145 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Grove City, PA are White (456 and 92.5%), Asian (13 and 2.64%), Two or More Races (12 and 2.43%), and Black or African American (6 and 1.22%).

The largest universities in Grove City, PA by number of degrees awarded are Grove City College (497 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Grove City, PA are Mechanical Engineering (39 and 7.85%), Computer Science (30 and 6.04%), and General Business Administration & Management (27 and 5.43%).

The median tuition cost in Grove City, PA for private four year colleges is $20,890.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University
Measure

In 2023 in Grove City, PA, the percentage of applicants admitted was 73.4%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 37.3%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 2,394 (52.2% men and 47.8% women).

The line chart  shows the evolution of the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.

View Data
Save Image

Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2023 there were 2,394 students enrolled in Grove City, PA, 52.2% men and 47.8% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 2,156 records, of which 47.8% were women and 52.2% men.

View Data
Save Image

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. General Business Administration & Management
    27 degrees awarded
  2. Mechanical Engineering
    39 degrees awarded
  3. Computer Science
    30 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Grove City, PA was General Business Administration & Management with 27 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Grove City, PA according to their major.

View Data
Save Image

Universities

Gender
Race
Grove City College
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
497 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Grove City College with 497 degrees awarded.

View Data
Save Image

Student Diversity

University

In 2023, 248 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Grove City, PA, which is 0.996 times less than the 249 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 456 degrees mean that there were 35.1 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Asian, with 13 degrees awarded.

View Data
Save Image

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

View Data
Save Image
View Data
Save Image

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($20,890) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,000) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

View Data
Save Image

Housing & Living

The median property value in Grove City, PA was $171,600 in 2024, which is 0.516 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $165,900 to $171,600, a 3.44% increase. The homeownership rate in Grove City, PA is 56.8%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Grove City, PA have an average commute time of 17.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Grove City, PA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$171,600
Median Property Value 2024
±$13,724
$1,427
Median Property Taxes
±$234

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Grove City, PA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Grove City, PA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

View Data
Save Image
View Data
Save Image

Rent vs Own

56.8%
Homeownership
2024
55.2%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 56.8% of the housing units in Grove City, PA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 58.2%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Grove City, PA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

View Data
Save Image

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$57,169
Median Household Income
± $12,178
2.51k
Number of Households
± 333

In 2024, the median household income of the 2.51k households in Grove City, PA grew to $57,169 from the previous year's value of $56,420.

The following chart displays the households in Grove City, PA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

View Data
Save Image

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Grove City, PA is from Pennsylvania.
0.463
2023 Wage GINI in Pennsylvania
0.466
2022 Wage GINI in Pennsylvania

In 2023, the income inequality in Pennsylvania was 0.463 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.564% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Pennsylvania was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Pennsylvania in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Pennsylvania across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

View Data
Save Image

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (64.1%)
  2. Worked At Home (16%)
  3. Walked (12.7%)

In 2024, 64.1% of workers in Grove City, PA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (16%) and those who walked to work (12.7%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

View Data
Save Image

Commute Time

17.2 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Grove City, PA have a shorter commute time (17.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.593% of the workforce in Grove City, PA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Grove City, PA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

View Data
Save Image
View Data
Save Image

Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Grove City, PA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Grove City, PA have 2 cars.

View Data
Save Image

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

10.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Grove City, PA (560 out of 5.18k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Females 75+ and then Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Grove City, PA is White, followed by Other and Asian.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

View Data
Save Image

Health

95.4% of the population of Grove City, PA has health coverage, with 57.8% on employee plans, 8.43% on Medicaid, 11.3% on Medicare, 16% on non-group plans, and 1.83% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Pennsylvania see 1,265 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,265 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1400 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 345 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 19.9% under 18 years, 41.8% between 18 and 34 years, 25.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 12.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50% were men and 50% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

View Data
Save Image

Uninsured People

4.57%
Uninsured
57.8%
Employer Coverage
8.43%
Medicaid
11.3%
Medicare
16%
Non-Group
1.83%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Grove City, PA declined by 4.54% from 4.79% to 4.57%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Grove City, PA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

View Data
Save Image