Pennsylvania · Census place 4231656

Grove City, Pennsylvania

Grove City is a borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 7,749 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 108th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,749
#108 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-1.6%
-128 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
2,870 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Grove City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Grove City population, 2020 to 2024

Grove City lost 128 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -28. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 124th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Grove City is 93% of it.

7,87720207,88520217,82820227,77720237,7492024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,884. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Grove City covers 2.70 square miles of land, for 2,870 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Grove City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Grove City is in

All of Grove City's residents live in Mercer County, which had 108,140 residents in 2024. Grove City holds 7.2% 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 borough's land: 16127. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough 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 41.157100, -80.088600. Harrisburg, the capital, is 178.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Castle, PA (21,332 people), 17.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 49.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.157100, -80.088600
DMS
41°09'25.56"N 80°05'18.96"W
UTM
17N 576468.3E 4556597.2N
Geohash
dpr41s3m2
Plus code
86HX5W46+RH

Daylight in Grove City

At 41.16° N, Grove City gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 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 Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Slippery Rock, 6.3 miles away, with 3,558 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Grove City, PA?

7,749 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 128 (1.6%) from 7,877 in July 2020.

What county is Grove City in?

Mercer 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: 16127.

How far is Grove City from Harrisburg?

178.8 miles (287.8 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Grove City.

What is the nearest larger city to Grove City?

New Castle, PA, with 21,332 residents, 17.5 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.