Blackwater vs Superior

A side-by-side comparison of Blackwater and Superior: population, income, housing, and more.

Blackwater and Superior are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Superior has the higher population (2,470 vs 2,245 in Blackwater). Blackwater has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $136,700 in Superior). Since 2019, Blackwater's population has grown faster (+35.2% vs -19.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwater	Superior
Population	2,245	2,470
Median age	28.8 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$42,050
Median home value	$214,900	$136,700
Median gross rent	—	$792
Housing units	686	1,311
Homeownership rate	60.0%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwater	Superior
Population	1,660 → 2,245 (+35.2%)	3,071 → 2,470 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$33,036 → $25,917 (-21.5%)	$33,399 → $42,050 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $214,900 (+41.9%)	$90,500 → $136,700 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$814 → $792 (-2.7%)

Blackwater

Population

1,6602,245

Median household income

$33,036$25,917

Median home value

$151,400$214,900

Superior

Population

3,0712,470

Median household income

$33,399$42,050

Median home value

$90,500$136,700

Median gross rent

$814$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwater	Superior
Under 5	9.7%	2.1%
5 to 17	25.5%	9.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	2.4%	23.2%
75 and over	8.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwater	Superior
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	33.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	50.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	44.6%	59.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwater	Superior
No high school diploma	25.4%	12.7%
High school graduate	50.4%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwater	Superior
Drove alone	69.3%	66.8%
Carpooled	28.3%	19.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	2.3%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwater	Superior
1-unit, detached	79.9%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Blackwater	Superior
Poverty rate	39.0%	15.8%
Average household size	3.32	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	2002	1952