Grove City is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 7,779 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.75% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 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. Residents of the borough have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.09 minutes getting to work every day.Grove City is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 43.79% of adults in Grove City have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. 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.
