Grover vs Summerville

A side-by-side comparison of Grover and Summerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Grover and Summerville are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Summerville has the higher population (51,262 vs 390 in Grover). Since 2019, Summerville's population has grown faster (-3.3% vs -9.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Grover	Summerville
Population	390	51,262
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,621
Median home value	—	$295,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,414
Housing units	148	22,199
Homeownership rate	83.5%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grover	Summerville
Population	431 → 390 (-9.5%)	53,037 → 51,262 (-3.3%)
Median household income	—	$59,180 → $78,621 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $114,900 (+0.0%)	$207,800 → $295,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,108 → $1,414 (+27.6%)

Grover

Population

431390

Median home value

$114,900$114,900

Summerville

Population

53,03751,262

Median household income

$59,180$78,621

Median home value

$207,800$295,700

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grover	Summerville
Under 5	2.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	32.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	34.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	5.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	20.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	3.6%	9.5%
75 and over	2.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grover	Summerville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	66.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grover	Summerville
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	54.7%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grover	Summerville
Drove alone	75.5%	82.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grover	Summerville
1-unit, detached	49.3%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	36.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Grover	Summerville
Poverty rate	42.5%	10.3%
Average household size	3.22	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1965	2001