Georgia · Census place 1335716

Grovetown, Georgia

Grovetown is a city in Columbia County, Georgia with an estimated 17,843 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 67th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,843
#67 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+12.1%
+1,920 people
Land area
5.3 sq mi
Density
3,386 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Grovetown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Grovetown population, 2020 to 2024

Grovetown added 1,920 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.1%. In the latest year it moved by +241. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Grovetown is 1.1 times that size.

15.9k202016.5k202117.2k202217.6k202317.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,571. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Grovetown covers 5.27 square miles of land, for 3,386 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Grovetown is denser than the typical town.

What county Grovetown is in

All of Grovetown's residents live in Columbia County, which had 167,472 residents in 2024. Grovetown holds 10.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Grovetown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grovetown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30813. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Grovetown is

The Census internal point of Grovetown is at 33.449800, -82.208000. Atlanta, the capital, is 127.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Augusta-Richmond County, GA (201,737 people), 9.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.449800, -82.208000
DMS
33°26'59.28"N 82°12'28.80"W
UTM
17N 387726.5E 3701806.1N
Geohash
djvw333gn
Plus code
865VCQXR+WR

Daylight in Grovetown

At 33.45° N, Grovetown gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Grovetown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Harlem, 6.3 miles away, with 4,076 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Grovetown, GA?

17,843 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,920 (12.1%) from 15,923 in July 2020.

What county is Grovetown in?

Columbia County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Grovetown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30813.

How far is Grovetown from Atlanta?

127.1 miles (204.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Grovetown.

What is the nearest larger city to Grovetown?

Augusta-Richmond County, GA, with 201,737 residents, 9.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.