Butler vs Slippery Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Butler and Slippery Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Butler and Slippery Rock are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butler has the higher population (13,306 vs 3,434 in Slippery Rock). Slippery Rock has the higher median household income ($55,272 vs $41,705 in Butler). Slippery Rock has the higher median home value ($230,200 vs $112,500 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Slippery Rock
Population	13,306	3,434
Median age	37.5 yrs	23.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,705	$55,272
Median home value	$112,500	$230,200
Median gross rent	$815	$948
Housing units	7,230	1,590
Homeownership rate	44.4%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Slippery Rock
Population	13,092 → 13,306 (+1.6%)	3,552 → 3,434 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$31,361 → $41,705 (+33.0%)	$45,724 → $55,272 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$100,200 → $112,500 (+12.3%)	$165,800 → $230,200 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $815 (+22.6%)	$795 → $948 (+19.2%)

Butler

Population

13,09213,306

Median household income

$31,361$41,705

Median home value

$100,200$112,500

Median gross rent

$665$815

Slippery Rock

Population

3,5523,434

Median household income

$45,724$55,272

Median home value

$165,800$230,200

Median gross rent

$795$948

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Slippery Rock
Under 5	6.1%	2.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	9.7%
18 to 24	12.2%	43.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	3.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	5.4%
75 and over	4.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Slippery Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	84.6%
Black or African American	3.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Slippery Rock
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	40.5%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Slippery Rock
Drove alone	72.4%	70.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.2%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	14.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	9.0%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Slippery Rock
1-unit, detached	52.7%	37.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	24.1%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	14.6%
20 or more units	9.4%	22.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Slippery Rock
Poverty rate	22.9%	30.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1938	1978