Grove City vs Sharpsville

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

Grove City and Sharpsville 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 4,219 in Sharpsville). Grove City has the higher median household income ($56,420 vs $50,363 in Sharpsville). Grove City has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $117,200 in Sharpsville).

Population, income & housing

	Grove City	Sharpsville
Population	7,861	4,219
Median age	25.7 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,420	$50,363
Median home value	$165,900	$117,200
Median gross rent	$858	$810
Housing units	2,723	2,076
Homeownership rate	58.2%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove City	Sharpsville
Population	7,945 → 7,861 (-1.1%)	4,168 → 4,219 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$54,875 → $56,420 (+2.8%)	$46,523 → $50,363 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$126,500 → $165,900 (+31.1%)	$87,000 → $117,200 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $858 (+18.2%)	$699 → $810 (+15.9%)

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

Sharpsville

Population

4,1684,219

Median household income

$46,523$50,363

Median home value

$87,000$117,200

Median gross rent

$699$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grove City	Sharpsville
Under 5	1.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	35.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.5%
75 and over	7.8%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove City	Sharpsville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	88.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove City	Sharpsville
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	25.9%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove City	Sharpsville
Drove alone	64.2%	81.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	12.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	8.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove City	Sharpsville
1-unit, detached	62.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	7.9%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Grove City	Sharpsville
Poverty rate	8.5%	13.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1951	1953