Pennsylvania · Census place 4271184

Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,558 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 275th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,558
#275 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+12.4%
+392 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
2,156 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Slippery Rock. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Slippery Rock population, 2020 to 2024

Slippery Rock added 392 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.4%. In the latest year it moved by -22.

3,16620203,60820213,59120223,58020233,5582024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,169. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Slippery Rock covers 1.65 square miles of land, for 2,156 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Slippery Rock is less dense than the typical town.

What county Slippery Rock is in

All of Slippery Rock's residents live in Butler County, which had 199,341 residents in 2024. Slippery Rock holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Slippery Rock

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Slippery Rock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16057. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Slippery Rock is

The Census internal point of Slippery Rock is at 41.069500, -80.057900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 175.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grove City, PA (7,749 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 43.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.069500, -80.057900
DMS
41°04'10.20"N 80°03'28.44"W
UTM
17N 579149.3E 4546899.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HX3W9R+RR

Daylight in Slippery Rock

At 41.07° N, Slippery Rock gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Slippery Rock

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Grove City, 6.3 miles away, with 7,749 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Slippery Rock, PA?

3,558 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 392 (12.4%) from 3,166 in July 2020.

What county is Slippery Rock in?

Butler County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Slippery Rock?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16057.

How far is Slippery Rock from Harrisburg?

175.4 miles (282.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Slippery Rock.

What is the nearest larger city to Slippery Rock?

Grove City, PA, with 7,749 residents, 6.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.