Slippery Rock vs Slippery Rock University

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

Slippery Rock 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 has the higher population (3,434 vs 2,724 in Slippery Rock University). Since 2019, Slippery Rock University's population has grown faster (+19.3% vs -3.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Slippery Rock	Slippery Rock University
Population	3,434	2,724
Median age	23.5 yrs	19.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,272	—
Median home value	$230,200	—
Median gross rent	$948	—
Housing units	1,590	31
Homeownership rate	28.4%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Slippery Rock	Slippery Rock University
Population	3,552 → 3,434 (-3.3%)	2,284 → 2,724 (+19.3%)
Median household income	$45,724 → $55,272 (+20.9%)	—
Median home value	$165,800 → $230,200 (+38.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$795 → $948 (+19.2%)	—

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

Slippery Rock University

Population

2,2842,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Slippery Rock	Slippery Rock University
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.7%	1.4%
18 to 24	43.4%	96.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	0.6%
35 to 44	3.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.7%	1.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	0.0%
75 and over	4.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Slippery Rock	Slippery Rock University
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	91.5%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Slippery Rock	Slippery Rock University
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Slippery Rock	Slippery Rock University
Drove alone	70.1%	46.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.6%	36.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Slippery Rock	Slippery Rock University
1-unit, detached	37.0%	29.0%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	71.0%

Poverty & households

	Slippery Rock	Slippery Rock University
Poverty rate	30.2%	100.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	14
Median year structure built	1978	—