Superior vs Terril

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

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

Terril has the higher population (357 vs 132 in Superior). Superior has the higher median household income ($59,432 vs $42,917 in Terril). Terril has the higher median home value ($95,400 vs $74,000 in Superior).

Population, income & housing

	Superior	Terril
Population	132	357
Median age	47.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,432	$42,917
Median home value	$74,000	$95,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,036
Housing units	70	219
Homeownership rate	98.2%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Superior	Terril
Population	221 → 132 (-40.3%)	454 → 357 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $59,432 (+35.1%)	$37,917 → $42,917 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $74,000 (-7.5%)	$56,300 → $95,400 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$842 → $1,036 (+23.0%)

Superior

Population

221132

Median household income

$44,000$59,432

Median home value

$80,000$74,000

Terril

Population

454357

Median household income

$37,917$42,917

Median home value

$56,300$95,400

Median gross rent

$842$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Superior	Terril
Under 5	6.1%	10.9%
5 to 17	22.7%	9.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	4.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	18.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.9%
75 and over	8.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Superior	Terril
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Superior	Terril
No high school diploma	3.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	55.2%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Superior	Terril
Drove alone	94.9%	75.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Superior	Terril
1-unit, detached	97.1%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Superior	Terril
Poverty rate	6.2%	13.2%
Average household size	2.32	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1943	1941