Grove City is home to 7,830 people in Pennsylvania. The median age is 24.4, younger than the US median of 38.9. The foreign-born share is 1%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $171,600. 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are 2,904 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $57,169, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 24.4
US median: 38.9
More educated
46% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Grove City
What changed most since 1990
Median age28.4 → 24.4(−4.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share97.6% → 89.9%(−7.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants63.2% → 56.8%(−6.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Grove City's population equals 7.2% of Mercer County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 13% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 4.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.4%(78)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.4%(58)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era25.2%(84)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.3%(21)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 333 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Grove City, decade by decade
Grove City population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,240
$59,589
$109,923
26.1%
5.9
2000
8,024
$63,026
$151,380
30.8%
7.4
2010
8,322
$64,262
$154,359
30.9%
12.0
2020
7,871
$64,409
$163,989
40.3%
19.2
2024
7,830
$57,169
$171,600
46.1%
23.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
