Grove City, PA

The affordability dashboard for Grove City, PA aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 16,145 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B (70/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $72,429, median home value of $213,700, median rent of $910 per month, and 38.7% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $996 per month (studio $704, 1BR $792, 3BR $1,385, 4BR $1,538).

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Strengths visible in the raw data for Grove City, PA include rent. Unemployment currently reads 2.1% and poverty 9.0% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.