Groveport vs Lake Darby

A side-by-side comparison of Groveport and Lake Darby: population, income, housing, and more.

Groveport and Lake Darby are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Groveport has the higher population (5,916 vs 4,323 in Lake Darby). Lake Darby has the higher median household income ($94,743 vs $91,545 in Groveport). Groveport has the higher median home value ($245,200 vs $220,700 in Lake Darby).

Population, income & housing

	Groveport	Lake Darby
Population	5,916	4,323
Median age	41.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,545	$94,743
Median home value	$245,200	$220,700
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,537
Housing units	2,433	1,701
Homeownership rate	68.8%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groveport	Lake Darby
Population	5,617 → 5,916 (+5.3%)	4,220 → 4,323 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$67,063 → $91,545 (+36.5%)	$91,801 → $94,743 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$167,600 → $245,200 (+46.3%)	$161,000 → $220,700 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,088 (+27.8%)	$1,215 → $1,537 (+26.5%)

Groveport

Population

5,6175,916

Median household income

$67,063$91,545

Median home value

$167,600$245,200

Median gross rent

$851$1,088

Lake Darby

Population

4,2204,323

Median household income

$91,801$94,743

Median home value

$161,000$220,700

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Groveport	Lake Darby
Under 5	4.8%	8.3%
5 to 17	21.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	18.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.4%
75 and over	3.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groveport	Lake Darby
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	85.2%
Black or African American	23.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groveport	Lake Darby
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	36.6%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groveport	Lake Darby
Drove alone	77.9%	83.2%
Carpooled	12.0%	4.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	12.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groveport	Lake Darby
1-unit, detached	70.3%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Groveport	Lake Darby
Poverty rate	5.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1990	1983