Columbus vs Grove City

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

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

Columbus has the higher population (906,480 vs 41,831 in Grove City). Grove City has the higher median household income ($90,888 vs $65,327 in Columbus). Grove City has the higher median home value ($283,300 vs $234,500 in Columbus).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus	Grove City
Population	906,480	41,831
Median age	33.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,327	$90,888
Median home value	$234,500	$283,300
Median gross rent	$1,224	$1,282
Housing units	420,068	17,999
Homeownership rate	44.3%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus	Grove City
Population	878,553 → 906,480 (+3.2%)	40,797 → 41,831 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$53,745 → $65,327 (+21.5%)	$74,284 → $90,888 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $234,500 (+54.7%)	$188,300 → $283,300 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,224 (+27.4%)	$996 → $1,282 (+28.7%)

Columbus

Population

878,553906,480

Median household income

$53,745$65,327

Median home value

$151,600$234,500

Median gross rent

$961$1,224

Grove City

Population

40,79741,831

Median household income

$74,284$90,888

Median home value

$188,300$283,300

Median gross rent

$996$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus	Grove City
Under 5	6.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	20.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.1%
75 and over	4.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus	Grove City
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	86.0%
Black or African American	28.8%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus	Grove City
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus	Grove City
Drove alone	70.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.2%
Public transit	2.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.1%	13.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus	Grove City
1-unit, detached	45.0%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	8.8%
20 or more units	11.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Columbus	Grove City
Poverty rate	17.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1980	1993