Gahanna vs Grove City

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

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

Grove City has the higher population (41,831 vs 35,438 in Gahanna). Gahanna has the higher median household income ($106,004 vs $90,888 in Grove City). Gahanna has the higher median home value ($322,300 vs $283,300 in Grove City).

Population, income & housing

	Gahanna	Grove City
Population	35,438	41,831
Median age	38.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$106,004	$90,888
Median home value	$322,300	$283,300
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,282
Housing units	14,898	17,999
Homeownership rate	69.5%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gahanna	Grove City
Population	35,268 → 35,438 (+0.5%)	40,797 → 41,831 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$88,475 → $106,004 (+19.8%)	$74,284 → $90,888 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$216,100 → $322,300 (+49.1%)	$188,300 → $283,300 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,442 (+34.0%)	$996 → $1,282 (+28.7%)

Gahanna

Population

35,26835,438

Median household income

$88,475$106,004

Median home value

$216,100$322,300

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,442

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)

	Gahanna	Grove City
Under 5	5.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gahanna	Grove City
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	86.0%
Black or African American	15.1%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gahanna	Grove City
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	19.4%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gahanna	Grove City
Drove alone	69.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.9%	13.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gahanna	Grove City
1-unit, detached	68.4%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	6.9%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Gahanna	Grove City
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1985	1993