Grove City vs Hermitage

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

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

Hermitage has the higher population (16,132 vs 7,861 in Grove City). Hermitage has the higher median household income ($72,464 vs $56,420 in Grove City). Hermitage has the higher median home value ($187,600 vs $165,900 in Grove City).

Population, income & housing

	Grove City	Hermitage
Population	7,861	16,132
Median age	25.7 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,420	$72,464
Median home value	$165,900	$187,600
Median gross rent	$858	$874
Housing units	2,723	7,983
Homeownership rate	58.2%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove City	Hermitage
Population	7,945 → 7,861 (-1.1%)	15,693 → 16,132 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$54,875 → $56,420 (+2.8%)	$56,026 → $72,464 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$126,500 → $165,900 (+31.1%)	$149,000 → $187,600 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $858 (+18.2%)	$808 → $874 (+8.2%)

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

Hermitage

Population

15,69316,132

Median household income

$56,026$72,464

Median home value

$149,000$187,600

Median gross rent

$808$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grove City	Hermitage
Under 5	1.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	35.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	13.5%
75 and over	7.8%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove City	Hermitage
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove City	Hermitage
No high school diploma	6.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove City	Hermitage
Drove alone	64.2%	82.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	12.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.7%	10.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove City	Hermitage
1-unit, detached	62.4%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	11.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Grove City	Hermitage
Poverty rate	8.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1951	1971