Kearny vs Superior

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

Kearny 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 Kearny). Kearny has the higher median household income ($49,688 vs $42,050 in Superior). Superior has the higher median home value ($136,700 vs $125,700 in Kearny).

Population, income & housing

	Kearny	Superior
Population	2,245	2,470
Median age	42.1 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,688	$42,050
Median home value	$125,700	$136,700
Median gross rent	$904	$792
Housing units	1,010	1,311
Homeownership rate	80.2%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearny	Superior
Population	2,250 → 2,245 (-0.2%)	3,071 → 2,470 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$56,094 → $49,688 (-11.4%)	$33,399 → $42,050 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $125,700 (+36.3%)	$90,500 → $136,700 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $904 (-7.5%)	$814 → $792 (-2.7%)

Kearny

Population

2,2502,245

Median household income

$56,094$49,688

Median home value

$92,200$125,700

Median gross rent

$977$904

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)

	Kearny	Superior
Under 5	5.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	9.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	5.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	18.9%	23.2%
75 and over	7.3%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearny	Superior
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	33.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	39.5%	59.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearny	Superior
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	40.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearny	Superior
Drove alone	64.6%	66.8%
Carpooled	17.0%	19.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	17.6%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearny	Superior
1-unit, detached	90.7%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Kearny	Superior
Poverty rate	11.2%	15.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1967	1952