Groveport, Ohio, sometimes known as “The Hometown of Central Ohio,” is a developing suburb of Columbus located in southeast Ohio’s Franklin County. The area has a long history that predates the completion of the Ohio Canal in 1831 and the founding of the village in 1847.
Groveport’s boundaries remained largely constant since its inception. But after World War II Groveport began to grow rapidly. Development was really underway in the 1950s, with the merger of the residential districts of Kessler Edition, Magnolia Edition, and Sunrise Edition. In the 1960s, the 200-house Westport Edition was built. Before the 1990s, the hamlet included such subdivisions as Grove Pointe, The Orchard, Bixford Green, Walden Pond, Hickory Grove, Greenbriar (also known as South Groveport), Newport Village, and Greenfield Place.
The mayor is in charge of managing all administrative departments and divisions in the Groveport government and has power with the administrator to direct and oversee all of them. According to the Groveport, Ohio, charter, the municipality of Groveport has a “mayor, administrator, council” type of governance.
Groveport can be found at 39°51′22′′N and 82°53′26W. As per the US Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 8.79 sq miles, of which 8.56 sq mi is land and 0.23 sq miles is water.
Groveport has about 5,600 residents, with an average age of 40.9. Of these, 49.47% are men, and 50.53% are women. Groveport’s resident population is made up of 90.21% US citizens and 7.05% foreign-born. Additionally, non-citizens make up 2.74% of the population. In Groveport, 4,900 people presently reside in the same home as they did 10 years ago during the previous census.
Groveport has a 3.22% poverty rate with an average household income of $80,205. The median rent in previous years has been $927 per month, and the average home is worth $173,800. Groveport’s median age is 40.7 years, 40.1 years for men, and 41.1 years for women.
The public school system called the Groveport Madison Local School District is located in Groveport, Ohio. With a student-teacher ratio of 19 to 1, it has 5,600 students in grades PK-12. State test results show that 54% of children are proficient in reading and 48% are proficient in math. Groveport Madison High School is the lone High school in the area.