Lawrence vs Superior

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

Lawrence 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 217 in Lawrence). Lawrence has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $61,852 in Superior). Lawrence has the higher median home value ($81,300 vs $69,300 in Superior).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence	Superior
Population	217	1,833
Median age	53.6 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$61,852
Median home value	$81,300	$69,300
Median gross rent	—	$613
Housing units	124	989
Homeownership rate	98.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence	Superior
Population	391 → 217 (-44.5%)	1,979 → 1,833 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $72,500 (+52.6%)	$39,408 → $61,852 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $81,300 (+32.6%)	$59,700 → $69,300 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$470 → $613 (+30.4%)

Lawrence

Population

391217

Median household income

$47,500$72,500

Median home value

$61,300$81,300

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)

	Lawrence	Superior
Under 5	6.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.5%
75 and over	18.0%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence	Superior
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	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	1.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence	Superior
No high school diploma	1.7%	13.4%
High school graduate	40.5%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence	Superior
Drove alone	85.2%	68.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	25.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence	Superior
1-unit, detached	96.8%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence	Superior
Poverty rate	3.7%	6.6%
Average household size	2.09	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	14
Median year structure built	1966	1947