GroverWI
A town of 1,754.
Is Grover a good place to live?
Grover’s best subject grade is a B+ for cost of living. Grover’s median age is 48.5 years, against 42.1 years in Wisconsin’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Marinette County Forest, at 2,299 acres. Grover has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Grover for work
Where Grover’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Grover grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Grover is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Grover: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grover, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Grover.
Most of Grover’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Grover for work: only 1% work in town. At 19 minutes, Grover’s average trip to work is where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Jobs based in Grover fell to 172 in 2023, 100 fewer than in 2013.
| Grover | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John Lutheran School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 66 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Grover
Grover has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Grover’s July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cold waves leads a low hazard risk in Grover
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Grover since 1986.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
5.4% of Grover is conserved land
11 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Grover is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Grover | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.4% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Marinette County Forest | — | 2,299 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Residents of Grover are less healthy than 55% of U.S. towns
Grover beats the Wisconsin average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 29% of adults feel lonely in Grover.
| Grover | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Grover | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.3% | 9.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8% | 6.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Grover
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Grover; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Grover residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Grover
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Grover is a town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,731 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 73 sq mi
- Elevation
- 689 ft
Grover’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Grover.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grover | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Lake | — | — | B− | — | C− | C+ |
| Little River | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Peshtigo | #317 | C | B | — | C− | B− |
| Pound | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C |
| Porterfield | — | — | C | — | D | B− |
| Beaver | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C |
Grover, Lake, Little River, Pound, Porterfield and Beaver have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Grover, Lake, Little River, Peshtigo, Pound, Porterfield and Beaver report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Grover with a neighbor →
Questions about Grover
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grover, WI expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.