Superior vs Wahpeton

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

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

Wahpeton has the higher population (436 vs 132 in Superior). Wahpeton has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $59,432 in Superior). Wahpeton has the higher median home value ($463,300 vs $74,000 in Superior).

Population, income & housing

	Superior	Wahpeton
Population	132	436
Median age	47.4 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,432	$86,667
Median home value	$74,000	$463,300
Housing units	70	754
Homeownership rate	98.2%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	57.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Superior	Wahpeton
Population	221 → 132 (-40.3%)	396 → 436 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $59,432 (+35.1%)	$79,250 → $86,667 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $74,000 (-7.5%)	$350,000 → $463,300 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,458 → $713 (-51.1%)

Superior

Population

221132

Median household income

$44,000$59,432

Median home value

$80,000$74,000

Wahpeton

Population

396436

Median household income

$79,250$86,667

Median home value

$350,000$463,300

Median gross rent

$1,458$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Superior	Wahpeton
Under 5	6.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	22.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	4.5%	7.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	18.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	20.2%
75 and over	8.3%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Superior	Wahpeton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Superior	Wahpeton
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	55.2%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Superior	Wahpeton
Drove alone	94.9%	58.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Superior	Wahpeton
1-unit, detached	97.1%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Superior	Wahpeton
Poverty rate	6.2%	5.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1943	1975