Grove City vs Upper Arlington

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

Grove City and Upper Arlington 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 36,319 in Upper Arlington). Upper Arlington has the higher median household income ($150,993 vs $90,888 in Grove City). Upper Arlington has the higher median home value ($568,200 vs $283,300 in Grove City).

Population, income & housing

	Grove City	Upper Arlington
Population	41,831	36,319
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,888	$150,993
Median home value	$283,300	$568,200
Median gross rent	$1,282	$1,480
Housing units	17,999	15,122
Homeownership rate	70.3%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove City	Upper Arlington
Population	40,797 → 41,831 (+2.5%)	35,299 → 36,319 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$74,284 → $90,888 (+22.4%)	$123,548 → $150,993 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $283,300 (+50.5%)	$397,300 → $568,200 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,282 (+28.7%)	$1,274 → $1,480 (+16.2%)

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

Upper Arlington

Population

35,29936,319

Median household income

$123,548$150,993

Median home value

$397,300$568,200

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grove City	Upper Arlington
Under 5	7.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.9%
75 and over	7.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove City	Upper Arlington
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	84.2%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove City	Upper Arlington
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	28.5%	5.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	40.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	38.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove City	Upper Arlington
Drove alone	76.8%	68.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	13.9%	24.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove City	Upper Arlington
1-unit, detached	63.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	3.9%
20 or more units	6.2%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grove City	Upper Arlington
Poverty rate	6.8%	2.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1993	1959