Grove City’s household incomes are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Grove City is better than 6% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (A−). The poverty rate is 19.8% (Florida 12.6%). Only 5% work in Grove City; the top destination outside it is Englewood (7%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Grove City, in a few figures
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Grove City’s workforce skews older
38% of Grove City’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 566 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Grove City’s grade explained
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Grove City’s grade.
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Grove City’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Grove City could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How far Grove City goes to work
About 35% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The 327 jobs based in Grove City
327 jobs are based in Grove City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grove City, 2014 → 2024: 319 → 327. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grove City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Grove City: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 535 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 296 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Grove City on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Grove City work
Where Grove City clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Time on the road from Grove City: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grove City workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 524 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Good to walk, short on transit: Grove City
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 641 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.4% of Grove City households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grove City’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Grove City compares with U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,684 | Jackson Township OH | 2,657 | $44K | 22.1% | 7.4% | 10% | D |
| 4,685 | Raccoon Township OH | 2,137 | $47K | 17.0% | 3.0% | 7% | D |
| 4,686 | Grove City FL | 2,106 | $53K | 19.8% | 7.2% | 5% | D |
| 4,687 | Angustura NM | 1,997 | $54K | 26.3% | 2.7% | 1% | D |
| 4,688 | Monon IN | 1,957 | $49K | 23.7% | 4.8% | 15% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Grove City, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Grove City
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grove City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City | – | D | A− | 28 min | $52,604 |
| Englewood | 7% | C | B | 23 min | $69,222 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Englewood. Darker towns draw more of Grove City’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Grove City: questions
What is the median household income in Grove City?
$52,604 (±$15,229) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grove City?
19.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grove City?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grove City work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Englewood (7%, 4 mi), Port Charlotte (6%, 14 mi), Venice (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Grove City walkable?
Grove City is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grove City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grove City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grove City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.