Riverbend vs Superior

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

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

Superior has the higher population (995 vs 505 in Riverbend). Riverbend has the higher median household income ($62,250 vs $43,750 in Superior). Riverbend has the higher median home value ($428,000 vs $260,300 in Superior).

Population, income & housing

	Riverbend	Superior
Population	505	995
Median age	40.4 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,250	$43,750
Median home value	$428,000	$260,300
Median gross rent	$1,042	$682
Housing units	177	521
Homeownership rate	81.9%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverbend	Superior
Population	272 → 505 (+85.7%)	703 → 995 (+41.5%)
Median household income	$46,750 → $62,250 (+33.2%)	$27,344 → $43,750 (+60.0%)
Median home value	$224,100 → $428,000 (+91.0%)	$116,300 → $260,300 (+123.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,050 → $1,042 (-0.8%)	$330 → $682 (+106.7%)

Riverbend

Population

272505

Median household income

$46,750$62,250

Median home value

$224,100$428,000

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,042

Superior

Population

703995

Median household income

$27,344$43,750

Median home value

$116,300$260,300

Median gross rent

$330$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverbend	Superior
Under 5	15.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	9.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	3.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	2.6%	7.6%
55 to 64	5.9%	18.7%
65 to 74	30.5%	22.7%
75 and over	5.3%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverbend	Superior
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverbend	Superior
No high school diploma	15.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	49.4%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverbend	Superior
Drove alone	59.6%	77.2%
Carpooled	23.8%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	2.2%
Other means	4.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverbend	Superior
1-unit, detached	58.8%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Riverbend	Superior
Poverty rate	11.7%	15.2%
Average household size	2.85	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1981	1974