Meridian vs Slippery Rock

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

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

Meridian has the higher population (3,809 vs 3,434 in Slippery Rock). Meridian has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $55,272 in Slippery Rock). Meridian has the higher median home value ($231,000 vs $230,200 in Slippery Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Slippery Rock
Population	3,809	3,434
Median age	49.7 yrs	23.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,250	$55,272
Median home value	$231,000	$230,200
Median gross rent	$1,281	$948
Housing units	1,752	1,590
Homeownership rate	91.9%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Slippery Rock
Population	3,970 → 3,809 (-4.1%)	3,552 → 3,434 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$80,474 → $70,250 (-12.7%)	$45,724 → $55,272 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$173,500 → $231,000 (+33.1%)	$165,800 → $230,200 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,281 (+53.0%)	$795 → $948 (+19.2%)

Meridian

Population

3,9703,809

Median household income

$80,474$70,250

Median home value

$173,500$231,000

Median gross rent

$837$1,281

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)

	Meridian	Slippery Rock
Under 5	2.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	9.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	43.4%
25 to 34	3.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	17.4%	3.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	5.4%
75 and over	17.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Slippery Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Slippery Rock
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Slippery Rock
Drove alone	90.2%	70.1%
Carpooled	2.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Slippery Rock
1-unit, detached	96.9%	37.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Slippery Rock
Poverty rate	3.2%	30.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1964	1978