Orleans vs Superior

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

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

Orleans has the higher population (593 vs 132 in Superior). Orleans has the higher median household income ($66,058 vs $59,432 in Superior). Orleans has the higher median home value ($448,800 vs $74,000 in Superior).

Population, income & housing

	Orleans	Superior
Population	593	132
Median age	57.7 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,058	$59,432
Median home value	$448,800	$74,000
Median gross rent	$961	—
Housing units	635	70
Homeownership rate	89.3%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orleans	Superior
Population	469 → 593 (+26.4%)	221 → 132 (-40.3%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $66,058 (-1.2%)	$44,000 → $59,432 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$387,500 → $448,800 (+15.8%)	$80,000 → $74,000 (-7.5%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $961 (+3.0%)	—

Orleans

Population

469593

Median household income

$66,875$66,058

Median home value

$387,500$448,800

Median gross rent

$933$961

Superior

Population

221132

Median household income

$44,000$59,432

Median home value

$80,000$74,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orleans	Superior
Under 5	1.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	9.1%	22.7%
18 to 24	0.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	4.5%
35 to 44	17.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	5.6%	18.9%
55 to 64	19.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	22.3%	11.4%
75 and over	14.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orleans	Superior
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orleans	Superior
No high school diploma	13.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	24.1%	55.2%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orleans	Superior
Drove alone	90.6%	94.9%
Carpooled	0.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orleans	Superior
1-unit, detached	90.7%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Orleans	Superior
Poverty rate	1.9%	6.2%
Average household size	1.98	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1973	1943