Grove City vs Litchfield

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

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

Litchfield has the higher population (6,599 vs 858 in Grove City). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($57,539 vs $49,922 in Grove City). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($183,900 vs $133,000 in Grove City).

Population, income & housing

	Grove City	Litchfield
Population	858	6,599
Median age	31.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,922	$57,539
Median home value	$133,000	$183,900
Median gross rent	$825	$917
Housing units	358	3,112
Homeownership rate	65.0%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove City	Litchfield
Population	615 → 858 (+39.5%)	6,631 → 6,599 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $49,922 (+1.1%)	$56,941 → $57,539 (+1.1%)
Median home value	$78,200 → $133,000 (+70.1%)	$136,200 → $183,900 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $825 (-0.6%)	$750 → $917 (+22.3%)

Grove City

Population

615858

Median household income

$49,375$49,922

Median home value

$78,200$133,000

Median gross rent

$830$825

Litchfield

Population

6,6316,599

Median household income

$56,941$57,539

Median home value

$136,200$183,900

Median gross rent

$750$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grove City	Litchfield
Under 5	3.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	30.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.1%
75 and over	4.3%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove City	Litchfield
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove City	Litchfield
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove City	Litchfield
Drove alone	88.8%	87.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove City	Litchfield
1-unit, detached	75.1%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Grove City	Litchfield
Poverty rate	18.3%	9.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1970	1972