Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0About half of Grove City’s working residents commute to Columbus
Working residents average 22 minutes each way, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Grove City A; getting around on foot earns it B+. Measured by household income, Grove City is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Grove City
The better-paid jobs are outside Grove City
69% of Grove City residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Grove City pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 89% leave town for their job. 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.
Why Grove City gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grove City is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #177 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grove City could be anywhere from A− to A.
Where Grove City’s working residents head each day
Where Grove City clocks in
47% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Inside Grove City’s 25,313 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grove City, 2014 → 2024: 19,823 → 25,313. 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.
In and out of Grove City on a workday
On a workday 18,523 residents head out to work, 2,327 work right here, and 22,986 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50,000 people are in Grove City on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 22 minutes each way, about the OH average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grove City workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18,892 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
How far Grove City’s workers travel
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 commute in Grove City is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grove City is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #245 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 22,551 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 36% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 10% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 3.6% of Grove City households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Grove City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 953 U.S. towns of 32,000 to 61,000, Grove City comes 215th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Dublin OH | 49,094 | $160K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 213 | Medford MA | 59,834 | $130K | 7.6% | 4.3% | 8% | A |
| 214 | Catonsville MD | 43,368 | $114K | 6.9% | 4.0% | 8% | A |
| 215 | Grove City OH | 45,180 | $93K | 6.4% | 3.0% | 11% | A |
| 216 | Bountiful UT | 44,988 | $105K | 6.9% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| 217 | Manalapan Township NJ | 40,987 | $153K | 5.2% | 5.0% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 953 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Ohio.
47% of Grove City works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grove City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City | – | A | B+ | 22 min | $93,161 |
| Jackson Township | under 1% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $91,817 |
| Columbus | 47% | B− | A | 22 min | $66,082 |
| Urbancrest | under 1% | C− | A+ | 31 min | $41,875 |
| Hamilton Township | under 1% | B− | B− | 21 min | $78,611 |
| Pleasant Township | under 1% | A | D | 27 min | $90,288 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Columbus. 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?
$93,161 (±$3,888) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grove City?
6.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grove City?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grove City work?
11% work in town.
Is Grove City walkable?
Grove City is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grove City without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 10% 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.