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Grove City grades C+ overall, 667th of 987 graded towns in Ohio, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $93K and it has 17 miles of trail. On the other side, its police reported 93 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 76% of U.S. towns. Grove City’s property crime rate is 24.6 per 1,000 residents, against 9.4 in Ohio’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. Grove City has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Gantz Homestead and Samuel Landes House.
Where Grove City beats most towns.
9.2% of the town is conserved land, across 15 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Grove City is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 143 in 1870, 41,252 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1912 and 6 maps from 1923 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Grove City. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
8 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
11 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena
20 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
10 mi MuseumOhio Governor's MansionOhio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ohio Governor's Mansion: Bwsmith84 (talk), CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grove City, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Grove City.
Grove City trades workers with Columbus and other neighbors and is healthier than Jackson Township and its other neighbors, but it has property taxes 1.6 times the Ohio norm.
17 miles of trail in 15 parks and preserves. Grove City’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile. Scioto Grove Metro Park, at 618 acres with 7.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Grove City | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 9.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Scioto Grove Metro Park | 7.4 mi | 618 |
| 2. Henceroth Park | 0.6 mi | 21 |
| 3. Fryer Park | 0.4 mi | 87 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 25 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Grove City.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Grove City reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 76% report less. The violent crime rate in Grove City is 2.1 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The median property tax bill is $4,561, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Grove City home is worth about $331,000, up 1.4% in a year, 34% above the Ohio typical home.
| Grove City | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,331 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 77% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its B+ for health tops all 5 graded neighbors; Jackson Township (B) comes closest.
Grove City beats the Ohio average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of adults binge drink in Grove City.
| Grove City | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Grove City | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.1% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.3% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Grove City has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Grove City has about as many jobs (24,496) as working residents, but only 2,313 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 17,917 in 2013 to 24,496.
Most working residents leave Grove City for work: only 11% work in town. Jobs based in Grove City grew to 24,496 in 2023, 6,579 more than in 2013. 16% of Grove City workers work from home.
| Grove City | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. Grove City has grown 9.5% since 2020, to 45,180 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 34% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Grove City | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 24% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.7 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Grove City | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.4% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.1% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.1% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.3% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
8 within 15 miles of the center of Grove City
About 4 of every 100 Grove City residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
35,575 counted in 2010 and 41,252 in 2020; an estimated 45,180 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 9.5% since 2020, after 16% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
3 places in Grove City on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Grove City.
City in Ohio, United States
Grove City is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 41,252 as of the 2020 census, and was estimated at 45,180 in 2025.
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5 towns share a border with Grove City.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City | #667 | C+ | C | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Jackson Township | #565 | B− | C | — | C+ | B |
| Columbus | #933 | D | C | D | C | B− |
| Urbancrest | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| Hamilton Township | #761 | C+ | B | — | B− | C− |
| Pleasant Township | #809 | C | C− | — | C+ | B |
Urbancrest has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Jackson Township, Urbancrest, Hamilton Township and Pleasant Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Grove City with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Grove City grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #667 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B+ for health, C− for safety and C+ for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 4 years of the area's median household income ($81,945 across the Columbus, OH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
6 notable people were born here, including Ben Swanson and Cheryl Grossman.
