Ohio · Census place 3932592

Grove City, Ohio

Grove City is a city in Franklin County, Ohio with an estimated 44,019 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
44,019
#28 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+6.5%
+2,705 people
Land area
18.8 sq mi
+ 0.19 sq mi water
Density
2,336 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Grove City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Grove City population, 2020 to 2024

Grove City added 2,705 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.5%. In the latest year it moved by +875. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Grove City is 3.2 times that size.

41.3k202041.8k202142.4k202243.1k202344.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 41,248. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Grove City covers 18.84 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 2,336 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Grove City is denser than the typical town.

What county Grove City is in

All of Grove City's residents live in Franklin County, which had 1,356,303 residents in 2024. Grove City holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Grove City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grove City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43123. 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 Grove City is

The Census internal point of Grove City is at 39.885800, -83.097000. Columbus, the capital, is 7.3 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus, OH (933,263 people), 9.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.885800, -83.097000
DMS
39°53'8.88"N 83°05'49.20"W
UTM
17N 320695.7E 4417186.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FRVWP3+86

Daylight in Grove City

At 39.89° N, Grove City gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Grove City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Urbancrest, 1.2 miles away, with 1,013 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Grove City, OH?

44,019 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,705 (6.5%) from 41,314 in July 2020.

What county is Grove City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Grove City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43123.

How far is Grove City from Columbus?

7.3 miles (11.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Grove City.

What is the nearest larger city to Grove City?

Columbus, OH, with 933,263 residents, 9.0 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.