Grove CityFL
The town, settled in 1887, counts 2,106 residents.
Is Grove City a good place to live?
Grove City’s best subject grade is an A− for walkability; its weakest is a D for incomes. Grove City’s median age is 67.2 years, against 42.5 years in Florida’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Only 34 of Florida’s 774 towns score lower on incomes. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Grove City has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Grove City stand out
Where Grove City beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Grove City has grown 21% from 2010 to 2020
1,804 counted in 2010 and 2,174 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Grove City grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Grove City is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Grove City: who provides what
Grove City is unincorporated, so Charlotte County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Grove City.
59% of residents are 65 or older
A bachelor’s degree or higher: 28% of adults 25 and older, vs 34% across Florida.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Grove City | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 2.9% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.1% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 2.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.7% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.8% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 26.1% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 32.5% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.4% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.4% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.4% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.8% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.9% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.2% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
Top of a very high hazard risk in Grove City: hurricanes
Since 1982, Grove City has seen 195 flood insurance claims paid out. Just over four fifths of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 10%. Federal aid has come to Grove City households in 6 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Grove City’s workers commute out
Only 5% of working residents stay in Grove City for work; the rest commute out. For residents in the town, the share who live below the poverty line is 20%. The median commute is under 29 miles. In Grove City, the median household income is $53,000.
| Grove City | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Grove City: mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 53° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conservation land takes up 5.5% of Grove City
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 0.3 miles. In Grove City, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: one, of 6 acres.
| Grove City | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.5% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ann and Chuck Dever Regional Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Grove City ranks healthier than 54% of the country’s towns
Nearly one in ten adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Grove City. CDC measures, 31 in all: Grove City beats Florida on 14 and trails on 8. Two figures for adults locally: 11% binge drink, 85% had a checkup this year.
| Grove City | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 79% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Grove City | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.6% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.4% | 8.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 17.3% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Grove City sell for about $537K
On the market in Grove City: a median 149 days to sell. Sellers in Grove City got 91.4% of the asking price, typically. The share of households in Grove City who are owner-occupiers: 74%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Grove City. Close and well known come first.
36 mi MuseumJohn and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
11 mi Ancient siteWarm Mineral Springs17 mi Park & preserveMyakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park
17 mi State parkCayo Costa State Park
28 mi BeachSiesta Beach
23 mi State parkMyakka River State ParkPhoto credits
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Warm Mineral Springs: Blas0082, Public domain · Cayo Costa State Park: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_pauline/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Siesta Beach: 4net, CC BY 3.0 · Myakka River State Park: Mx. Granger, CC0
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Everything we know about Grove City
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Grove City; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Grove City residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
95% of working residents leave Grove City for work
Where Grove City’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Grove City
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Grove City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,174 at the 2020 census, up from 1,804 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Punta Gorda, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area, included in the North Port-Bradenton, Florida Combined Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 10 ft
- Area code
- 941
Grove City’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Grove City.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City | — | — | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Englewood | #222 | C+ | C | — | A− | B |
Grove City has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Grove City and Englewood report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Grove City with a neighbor →
Questions about Grove City
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grove City, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $257,000, 31% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.