Grove City vs Westerville

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

Grove City and Westerville 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 38,543 in Westerville). Westerville has the higher median household income ($107,054 vs $90,888 in Grove City). Westerville has the higher median home value ($343,200 vs $283,300 in Grove City).

Population, income & housing

	Grove City	Westerville
Population	41,831	38,543
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,888	$107,054
Median home value	$283,300	$343,200
Median gross rent	$1,282	$1,409
Housing units	17,999	15,878
Homeownership rate	70.3%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove City	Westerville
Population	40,797 → 41,831 (+2.5%)	39,877 → 38,543 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$74,284 → $90,888 (+22.4%)	$93,717 → $107,054 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $283,300 (+50.5%)	$237,300 → $343,200 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,282 (+28.7%)	$1,102 → $1,409 (+27.9%)

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

Westerville

Population

39,87738,543

Median household income

$93,717$107,054

Median home value

$237,300$343,200

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grove City	Westerville
Under 5	7.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.9%
75 and over	7.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove City	Westerville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	81.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove City	Westerville
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.3%
High school graduate	28.5%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove City	Westerville
Drove alone	76.8%	67.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.9%	25.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove City	Westerville
1-unit, detached	63.4%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	6.6%
20 or more units	6.2%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Grove City	Westerville
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1993	1982