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Population (year 2000): 3,068. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,210 (+4.6% change)
Males: 1,337 (43.6%), Females: 1,731 (56.4%)
Butler County
Zip code:
16057
Median resident age: 22.6 years
Median household income: $24,554 (year 2000)
Median house value: $91,900 (year 2000)
Races in Slippery Rock:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.8%)
- Black (3.3%)
- Asian Indian (1.7%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- Hispanic (1.1%)
- Other Asian (0.8%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Other race (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (28.0%), Irish (15.5%),
Italian (14.1%), English (11.3%), Scotch-Irish (7.2%), Polish
(4.8%).
Elevation: 1302 feet
Land area: 1.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Slippery Rock
- High school or higher: 90.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 36.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 20.8%
- Unemployed: 18.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 14.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Slippery Rock borough
- Never married: 60.8%
- Now married: 30.7%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 5.1%
- Divorced: 2.6%
6.3% Foreign born (3.5% Asia, 1.1% Latin
America, 1.0% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +85 (+2.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Slippery Rock:
- UNITED COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; GROVE
CITY, PA)
- BUTLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; BUTLER,
PA)
- ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL OF NEW CASTLE (about 20 miles;
NEW CASTLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Slippery Rock:
- VENANGO REGIONAL (about 26 miles; FRANKLIN, PA; ID:
FKL)
- PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL (about 42 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; ID: PIT)
- YOUNGSTOWN-WARREN REGIONAL (about 45 miles;
YOUNGSTOWN/WARREN, OH; ID: YNG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Slippery Rock:
- GROVE CITY (about 10 miles; GROVE CITY, PA; ID: 29D)
- BUTLER FARM SHOW (about 16 miles; BUTLER, PA; ID:
3G9)
- ZELIENOPLE MUNI (about 20 miles; ZELIENOPLE, PA; ID:
8G7)
College/University in Slippery Rock:
- SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
(Full-time enrollment: 6,399; Location: 308 Old Main;
Public; Website: www.sru.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Slippery Rock:
- GROVE CITY COLLEGE (about 8 miles; GROVE CITY, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,306)
- GENEVA COLLEGE (about 29 miles; BEAVER FALLS, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,059)
- ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE (about 40 miles; MOON
TOWNSHIP, PA; FT enrollment: 3,426)
- YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles;
YOUNGSTOWN, OH; FT enrollment: 9,726)
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 42
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 9,058)
- POINT PARK COLLEGE (about 43 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,189)
- ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH (about 43 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,246)
Public high school in Slippery Rock:
- SLIPPERY ROCK AREA HS (Students: 795; Grades:
09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Slippery Rock:
- SLIPPERY ROCK AREA MS (Students: 639; Grades:
06 - 08)
- SLIPPERY ROCK AREA EL SCH (Students: 493;
Grades: KG - 05)
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