Grove City is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 7,984 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Grove City is the 201st largest community in Pennsylvania. Grove City has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Grove City is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Grove City is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grove City who work in sales jobs (14.16%), office and administrative support jobs (12.78%), and teaching (9.83%).

Also of interest is that Grove City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Grove City is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Grove City area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Grove City maintain a good economy.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Grove City spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.68 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the borough are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small borough, Grove City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Grove City Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Grove City is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.82% of adults in Grove City have a college degree.

The per capita income in Grove City in 2000 was $16,365, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $65,460 for a family of four.

The people who call Grove City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Grove City is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Grove City include German, English, Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Grove City is English.