Slippery Rock is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,579 people and three associated neighborhoods, Slippery Rock is the 483rd largest community in Pennsylvania.Slippery Rock is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 87.12% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Slippery Rock is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Slippery Rock who work in sales jobs (18.25%), food service (11.78%), and office and administrative support (7.99%). Also of interest is that Slippery Rock has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.04% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Slippery Rock is a place where college students are a big part of the character and culture of the town. Small towns have often struggled with declining populations over the past few decades, but the presence of such a large college student population has helped Slippery Rock to fight this trend. Not only does the college population add spending and jobs to local economy, but it also contributes a very tangible, youthful energy to the town. Being a small borough, Slippery Rock does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Slippery Rock citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.87% of adults in Slippery Rock have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Slippery Rock in 2022 was $26,953, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,812 for a family of four. However, Slippery Rock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Slippery Rock also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.22% of its population below the federal poverty line.Slippery Rock is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Slippery Rock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Slippery Rock residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Slippery Rock include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Slippery Rock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
