Grove City vs Hilliard

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

Grove City and Hilliard 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 36,560 in Hilliard). Hilliard has the higher median household income ($122,864 vs $90,888 in Grove City). Hilliard has the higher median home value ($360,000 vs $283,300 in Grove City).

Population, income & housing

	Grove City	Hilliard
Population	41,831	36,560
Median age	40.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,888	$122,864
Median home value	$283,300	$360,000
Median gross rent	$1,282	$1,590
Housing units	17,999	14,254
Homeownership rate	70.3%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove City	Hilliard
Population	40,797 → 41,831 (+2.5%)	36,411 → 36,560 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$74,284 → $90,888 (+22.4%)	$96,959 → $122,864 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $283,300 (+50.5%)	$254,700 → $360,000 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,282 (+28.7%)	$1,164 → $1,590 (+36.6%)

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

Hilliard

Population

36,41136,560

Median household income

$96,959$122,864

Median home value

$254,700$360,000

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grove City	Hilliard
Under 5	7.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.2%
75 and over	7.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove City	Hilliard
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	79.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove City	Hilliard
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	28.5%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove City	Hilliard
Drove alone	76.8%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.9%	21.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove City	Hilliard
1-unit, detached	63.4%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	7.6%
20 or more units	6.2%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Grove City	Hilliard
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1993	1997