Farrell vs Grove City

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

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

Grove City has the higher population (7,861 vs 4,239 in Farrell). Grove City has the higher median household income ($56,420 vs $40,405 in Farrell). Grove City has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $76,200 in Farrell).

Population, income & housing

	Farrell	Grove City
Population	4,239	7,861
Median age	46.4 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,405	$56,420
Median home value	$76,200	$165,900
Median gross rent	$832	$858
Housing units	2,249	2,723
Homeownership rate	60.0%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farrell	Grove City
Population	4,682 → 4,239 (-9.5%)	7,945 → 7,861 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$30,400 → $40,405 (+32.9%)	$54,875 → $56,420 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$55,400 → $76,200 (+37.5%)	$126,500 → $165,900 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $832 (+16.4%)	$726 → $858 (+18.2%)

Farrell

Population

4,6824,239

Median household income

$30,400$40,405

Median home value

$55,400$76,200

Median gross rent

$715$832

Grove City

Population

7,9457,861

Median household income

$54,875$56,420

Median home value

$126,500$165,900

Median gross rent

$726$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farrell	Grove City
Under 5	4.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	35.7%
25 to 34	3.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	15.2%	6.6%
75 and over	9.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farrell	Grove City
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	89.9%
Black or African American	49.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farrell	Grove City
No high school diploma	11.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	44.4%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farrell	Grove City
Drove alone	82.7%	64.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	12.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.3%	15.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farrell	Grove City
1-unit, detached	74.6%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	6.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Farrell	Grove City
Poverty rate	28.4%	8.5%
Average household size	2.00	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1958	1951