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Groves city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Groves city is a Census city of 16,976 people across 5.21 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $73,710, 77.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.3 m.
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Groves
What Groves is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.21 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,256
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Groves
How many people live in Groves
- Population16,976
- Median age38.9
- Population under 184,671
- Share under 1827.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,604
- Share 65 and over15.3 percent
- Households6,131
- Family households4,337
- Share of households that are families70.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Groves
Income and work in Groves
- Median household income$73,710
- Per capita income$34,597
- Civilian labor force8,209
- Employed7,875
- Unemployed334 plus or minus 165
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over11,518
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.9 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Groves
Housing in Groves
- Housing units6,796
- Occupied units6,131
- Vacant units665 plus or minus 185
- Vacancy rate9.8 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Owner occupied4,776
- Renter occupied1,355 plus or minus 329
- Ownership rate77.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$163,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,286
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.9 percent
- Single family units6,017
- Share single family88.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more749 plus or minus 240
- Share in buildings of two or more11.0 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Mobile homes30 plus or minus 48
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Groves
How Groves gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,584
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,938
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,755 plus or minus 364
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.1 percent
- Drove alone82.3 percent
- Carpooled13.2 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked0.1 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Worked from home2.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Groves
SBA loans in Groves (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$6,268,200
- Average approval$696,467
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,695,000
- Largest approval$2,695,000
- Jobs supported57
- Jobs per approval6.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises22.2 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Groves
SBA loans in Groves (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$4,620,000
- Average approval$2,310,000
- Median approval$4,427,000
- Largest approval$4,427,000
- Jobs supported28
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Groves
Flood risk in Groves
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number485475
- Currently effective map date01/06/83
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Jefferson County, not Groves
Jefferson County context, not Groves figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Groves measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County5,710
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County105,009
- Covered employment, Jefferson County124,861
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$69,970
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,346
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County356
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County336
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$27,102,208,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County7.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$51,375
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Groves. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Groves questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Groves, Texas?
16,976, in 6,131 households. Groves city covers 5.21 square miles of land, which is 3,256 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Groves in?
Jefferson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Groves?
$73,710. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $163,600. Median gross rent is $1,286 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Groves businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $6.3 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $4.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Groves, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Groves borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Groves. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Groves in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Groves appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 485475, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Groves figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Groves.
Is zoning published for Groves?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.