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. Grovetown has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Grovetown, where the median household income is $72,612.00.The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Grovetown, employing 6.26% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Healthcare and Manufacturing industries employ 23.26% and 10.40% of the civilian workforce, respectively. 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.40 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Grovetown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Grovetown is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 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.
