Grove City vs Punta Gorda

A side-by-side comparison of Grove City and Punta Gorda: population, income, housing, and more.

Grove City and Punta Gorda are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Punta Gorda has the higher population (19,886 vs 2,049 in Grove City). Punta Gorda has the higher median household income ($79,291 vs $51,332 in Grove City). Punta Gorda has the higher median home value ($482,300 vs $269,700 in Grove City).

Population, income & housing

	Grove City	Punta Gorda
Population	2,049	19,886
Median age	68.4 yrs	66.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,332	$79,291
Median home value	$269,700	$482,300
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,235
Housing units	1,889	13,426
Homeownership rate	65.1%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove City	Punta Gorda
Population	2,253 → 2,049 (-9.1%)	19,571 → 19,886 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$50,906 → $51,332 (+0.8%)	$61,395 → $79,291 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$170,400 → $269,700 (+58.3%)	$325,800 → $482,300 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,750 (+57.7%)	$1,029 → $1,235 (+20.0%)

Grove City

Population

2,2532,049

Median household income

$50,906$51,332

Median home value

$170,400$269,700

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,750

Punta Gorda

Population

19,57119,886

Median household income

$61,395$79,291

Median home value

$325,800$482,300

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grove City	Punta Gorda
Under 5	2.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	4.4%	6.9%
18 to 24	3.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	5.6%	3.4%
35 to 44	2.6%	4.7%
45 to 54	8.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	22.5%	25.4%
75 and over	33.4%	28.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove City	Punta Gorda
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove City	Punta Gorda
No high school diploma	7.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	28.5%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove City	Punta Gorda
Drove alone	60.7%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	5.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	24.2%	18.6%
Other means	2.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove City	Punta Gorda
1-unit, detached	43.7%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	12.1%
20 or more units	9.1%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	30.1%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Grove City	Punta Gorda
Poverty rate	20.9%	9.0%
Average household size	1.73	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1978	1993