Grovetown is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 17,580 people and six associated neighborhoods, Grovetown is the 75th largest community in Georgia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Grovetown, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Grovetown, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Grovetown’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Grovetown does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $72,612.00.
6.26% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Grovetown. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Healthcare and Manufacturing industries respectively employ 23.26% and 10.40% of the civilian workforce.
Also of interest is that Grovetown 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: 7.72% 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.
One downside of living in Grovetown is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Grovetown, the average commute to work is 30.40 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Grovetown is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Grovetown is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.82% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Grovetown in 2022 was $33,571, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,284 for a family of four. However, Grovetown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Grovetown is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Grovetown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grovetown residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Grovetown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.46% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Grovetown include German, English, Irish, African, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Grovetown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.