Granville SouthOH
The town, home to 1,146 people, lies in Ohio.
Is Granville South a good place to live?
Granville South’s best subject grades are an A+ for schools and incomes and an A for health; its weakest is a D− for walkability. 64% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Granville South, where Ohio’s towns sit at 24% and U.S. towns at 29%. On incomes, just 69 of Ohio’s 1,707 towns do better. Only 75 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. Granville South has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Granville South stand out
Where Granville South beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| Widest gap | Granville South | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.7% | 14.1% |
1,146 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Granville South grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Granville South is from typical.
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Moving to Granville South: who provides what
Granville South is unincorporated, so Licking 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 Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Granville South.
A job hub: Granville South has 1.8 jobs for every working resident and draws in 1,068 commuters
In Granville South, the typical journey to work is 18 minutes. Commuting out is the norm here: 3% of working residents work locally. This Ohio town had 1,086 jobs in 2024, up 280 from 2014. The share of residents in Granville South who live below the poverty line is 4.5%.
| Granville South | Typical Ohio town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $131,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 6.8% | 7.9% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
A smaller share of adults in Granville South report frequent mental distress than in the typical Ohio or U.S. town
Among adults in Granville South, 83% had a checkup this year. Against the Ohio average, Granville South comes out ahead on 18 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. 9.4% of adults in Granville South smoke cigarettes; 19% get no exercise outside work.
| Granville South | Typical Ohio town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Granville South | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.7% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.3% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.8% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in Granville South, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Granville South than in 87% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Granville South break down as 62% from inland flooding and 13% from hail.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Granville South
About 17 inches of snow fall in a winter here; January nights dip to 20° and July afternoons rise to 84°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
4.4% of the land in Granville South is protected from building
2.4 miles of trail. Granville South’s trail density is recorded as 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Granville South | Typical Ohio town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Granville South sells for about $465K at the median
In Granville South, 75% of households are owner-occupiers.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Ohio Stadium and 31 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Granville South. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
24 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
26 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
26 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena
3 mi Ancient siteAlligator Effigy Mound
31 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and AquariumPhoto credits
Ohio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Alligator Effigy Mound: Rev. Stephen D. Peet, editor, Public domain · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Granville South
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Granville South
About 2 of every 100 Granville South residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Every workday, about 1,068 people come to Granville South for work
Where Granville South’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
About Granville South
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Granville South is a census-designated place (CDP) in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,420 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 6.1 sq mi
Questions about Granville South
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Granville South, OH expensive?
The typical home is worth about $365,000, 48% above the Ohio 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+.