Greenville vs Grove City

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

Greenville 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 5,533 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median household income ($56,850 vs $56,420 in Grove City). Grove City has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $98,200 in Greenville).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Grove City
Population	5,533	7,861
Median age	33.0 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,850	$56,420
Median home value	$98,200	$165,900
Median gross rent	$616	$858
Housing units	2,638	2,723
Homeownership rate	64.0%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Grove City
Population	5,459 → 5,533 (+1.4%)	7,945 → 7,861 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$45,159 → $56,850 (+25.9%)	$54,875 → $56,420 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $98,200 (+33.2%)	$126,500 → $165,900 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $616 (+1.8%)	$726 → $858 (+18.2%)

Greenville

Population

5,4595,533

Median household income

$45,159$56,850

Median home value

$73,700$98,200

Median gross rent

$605$616

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)

	Greenville	Grove City
Under 5	8.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	9.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	23.4%	35.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	8.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	6.6%
75 and over	7.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Grove City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	89.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Grove City
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	40.6%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Grove City
Drove alone	75.9%	64.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	10.0%	12.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.7%	15.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Grove City
1-unit, detached	73.7%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Grove City
Poverty rate	11.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1942	1951