Grove Hill vs Thomasville

A side-by-side comparison of Grove Hill and Thomasville: population, income, housing, and more.

Grove Hill and Thomasville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thomasville has the higher population (3,668 vs 1,940 in Grove Hill). Grove Hill has the higher median household income ($49,223 vs $43,669 in Thomasville). Thomasville has the higher median home value ($177,000 vs $151,400 in Grove Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Grove Hill	Thomasville
Population	1,940	3,668
Median age	42.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,223	$43,669
Median home value	$151,400	$177,000
Median gross rent	$738	$864
Housing units	910	1,902
Homeownership rate	71.6%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove Hill	Thomasville
Population	1,839 → 1,940 (+5.5%)	3,928 → 3,668 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$47,626 → $49,223 (+3.4%)	$40,276 → $43,669 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $151,400 (+10.3%)	$156,100 → $177,000 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $738 (+38.5%)	$541 → $864 (+59.7%)

Grove Hill

Population

1,8391,940

Median household income

$47,626$49,223

Median home value

$137,200$151,400

Median gross rent

$533$738

Thomasville

Population

3,9283,668

Median household income

$40,276$43,669

Median home value

$156,100$177,000

Median gross rent

$541$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grove Hill	Thomasville
Under 5	1.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	18.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.9%
45 to 54	18.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.5%
75 and over	8.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove Hill	Thomasville
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	37.4%
Black or African American	42.0%	59.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove Hill	Thomasville
No high school diploma	16.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	39.3%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove Hill	Thomasville
Drove alone	90.0%	85.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	9.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove Hill	Thomasville
1-unit, detached	80.1%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Grove Hill	Thomasville
Poverty rate	17.1%	19.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1975	1980