Grove City is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 7,856 people and five associated neighborhoods, Grove City is the 163rd largest community in Pennsylvania.Grove City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Grove City is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grove City who work in office and administrative support (15.32%), teaching (12.18%), and management occupations (9.36%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.75% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Grove City is a small town with a large college student population. Because of this, there is a real youthful, hip vibe to the place, and much of the life in the town is centered on the college. This has helped Grove City to buck the trend of other small towns that have suffered declining populations over the past 20 to 30 years. Spending by students, and faculty and staff jobs, are a big part of the local economy. One of the benefits of Grove City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.09 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The citizens of Grove City are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.79% of adults in Grove City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Grove City in 2022 was $25,447, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,788 for a family of four. However, Grove City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Grove City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grove City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grove City include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Grove City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
