Hardy vs Superior

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

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

Superior has the higher population (1,833 vs 157 in Hardy). Superior has the higher median household income ($61,852 vs $60,313 in Hardy). Superior has the higher median home value ($69,300 vs $14,400 in Hardy).

Population, income & housing

	Hardy	Superior
Population	157	1,833
Median age	53.0 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$61,852
Median home value	$14,400	$69,300
Median gross rent	$725	$613
Housing units	87	989
Homeownership rate	80.7%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardy	Superior
Population	235 → 157 (-33.2%)	1,979 → 1,833 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$35,833 → $60,313 (+68.3%)	$39,408 → $61,852 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$18,600 → $14,400 (-22.6%)	$59,700 → $69,300 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $725 (+26.1%)	$470 → $613 (+30.4%)

Hardy

Population

235157

Median household income

$35,833$60,313

Median home value

$18,600$14,400

Median gross rent

$575$725

Superior

Population

1,9791,833

Median household income

$39,408$61,852

Median home value

$59,700$69,300

Median gross rent

$470$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardy	Superior
Under 5	4.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	14.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	3.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	7.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	19.7%	13.5%
75 and over	15.3%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardy	Superior
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardy	Superior
No high school diploma	4.7%	13.4%
High school graduate	55.1%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardy	Superior
Drove alone	89.1%	68.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	25.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardy	Superior
1-unit, detached	97.7%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Hardy	Superior
Poverty rate	19.1%	6.6%
Average household size	2.75	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1938	1947