Evans City vs Slippery Rock University

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

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

Slippery Rock University has the higher population (2,724 vs 2,061 in Evans City). Since 2019, Slippery Rock University's population has grown faster (+19.3% vs +2.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Evans City	Slippery Rock University
Population	2,061	2,724
Median age	41.9 yrs	19.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,414	—
Median home value	$209,800	—
Median gross rent	$821	—
Housing units	979	31
Homeownership rate	65.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evans City	Slippery Rock University
Population	2,009 → 2,061 (+2.6%)	2,284 → 2,724 (+19.3%)
Median household income	$55,139 → $72,414 (+31.3%)	—
Median home value	$160,600 → $209,800 (+30.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$815 → $821 (+0.7%)	—

Evans City

Population

2,0092,061

Median household income

$55,139$72,414

Median home value

$160,600$209,800

Median gross rent

$815$821

Slippery Rock University

Population

2,2842,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evans City	Slippery Rock University
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	1.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	96.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	0.6%
35 to 44	18.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	1.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	0.0%
75 and over	5.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evans City	Slippery Rock University
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evans City	Slippery Rock University
No high school diploma	6.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evans City	Slippery Rock University
Drove alone	74.6%	46.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	36.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	11.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evans City	Slippery Rock University
1-unit, detached	72.6%	29.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	71.0%

Poverty & households

	Evans City	Slippery Rock University
Poverty rate	4.9%	100.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1951	—