Cosmos vs Grove City

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

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

Grove City has the higher population (858 vs 529 in Cosmos). Cosmos has the higher median household income ($50,833 vs $49,922 in Grove City). Grove City has the higher median home value ($133,000 vs $95,000 in Cosmos).

Population, income & housing

	Cosmos	Grove City
Population	529	858
Median age	47.3 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,833	$49,922
Median home value	$95,000	$133,000
Median gross rent	$699	$825
Housing units	260	358
Homeownership rate	81.5%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cosmos	Grove City
Population	508 → 529 (+4.1%)	615 → 858 (+39.5%)
Median household income	$46,094 → $50,833 (+10.3%)	$49,375 → $49,922 (+1.1%)
Median home value	$70,100 → $95,000 (+35.5%)	$78,200 → $133,000 (+70.1%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $699 (+11.5%)	$830 → $825 (-0.6%)

Cosmos

Population

508529

Median household income

$46,094$50,833

Median home value

$70,100$95,000

Median gross rent

$627$699

Grove City

Population

615858

Median household income

$49,375$49,922

Median home value

$78,200$133,000

Median gross rent

$830$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cosmos	Grove City
Under 5	4.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	7.9%	30.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	19.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	21.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.8%
75 and over	5.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cosmos	Grove City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cosmos	Grove City
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	49.8%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cosmos	Grove City
Drove alone	86.3%	88.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cosmos	Grove City
1-unit, detached	81.5%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Cosmos	Grove City
Poverty rate	16.8%	18.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1957	1970