Slippery Rock vs Zelienople

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

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

Zelienople has the higher population (3,870 vs 3,434 in Slippery Rock). Zelienople has the higher median household income ($64,583 vs $55,272 in Slippery Rock). Zelienople has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $230,200 in Slippery Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Slippery Rock	Zelienople
Population	3,434	3,870
Median age	23.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,272	$64,583
Median home value	$230,200	$272,500
Median gross rent	$948	$1,166
Housing units	1,590	1,942
Homeownership rate	28.4%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Slippery Rock	Zelienople
Population	3,552 → 3,434 (-3.3%)	3,651 → 3,870 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$45,724 → $55,272 (+20.9%)	$54,235 → $64,583 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$165,800 → $230,200 (+38.8%)	$201,400 → $272,500 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $948 (+19.2%)	$1,094 → $1,166 (+6.6%)

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

Zelienople

Population

3,6513,870

Median household income

$54,235$64,583

Median home value

$201,400$272,500

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Slippery Rock	Zelienople
Under 5	2.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	9.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	43.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	3.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	5.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.4%	11.5%
75 and over	4.2%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Slippery Rock	Zelienople
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	89.5%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Slippery Rock	Zelienople
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Slippery Rock	Zelienople
Drove alone	70.1%	72.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	14.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.0%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Slippery Rock	Zelienople
1-unit, detached	37.0%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	22.8%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Slippery Rock	Zelienople
Poverty rate	30.2%	3.6%
Average household size	2.30	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1978	1973