Groveport, Ohio
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 3.1% since 2020.
5,818
people, the 241st-largest of Ohio's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Ohio's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
98.1%
of 14,164 jobs located in Groveport are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 46% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,082
a month. Ohio's median is $1,034.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $2,038 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Franklin County.
- $1,463 Tract 79.64
- $3,501 Tract 79.58
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.
$982–$1,472
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,082 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
70% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 245 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 54% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 70% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.3–6.1% to the 2,334 homes here.
7–142
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 28% more than Ohio's.
$275,100
median home value in Groveport.
- $275,100 Groveport
- $214,800 Ohio
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year