Slippery Rock township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (85% naturalized citizens)
| Slippery Rock township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Slippery Rock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2844
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 143
- South: 108
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 940
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 3
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 321
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,400
Housing units in Slippery Rock township with a mortgage: 343 (31 second mortgage, 69 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 289
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Slippery Rock township:
- German (32.1%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- Italian (13.1%)
- English (7.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.1%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Polish (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (30%)
- Dominican Republic (30%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Italy (10%)
- Mexico (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,302 (89%)
- Carpooled: 86 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 48 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
8 people in other group homes
97.2% of residents of Slippery Rock township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,171- In family households: 2,847 (761 male householders, 137 female householders)
810 spouses, 1,020 children (978 natural, 17 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 9 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 324 (139 male householders (110 living alone)), 148 female householders (141 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 365 2-persons, 237 3-persons, 184 4-persons, 86 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 251 1-person, 34 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
639 married couples with children.
105 single-parent households (39 men, 66 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
| Here: | 6.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |