Ruskin vs Superior

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

Ruskin 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 177 in Ruskin). Ruskin has the higher median household income ($78,269 vs $61,852 in Superior). Ruskin has the higher median home value ($90,900 vs $69,300 in Superior).

Population, income & housing

	Ruskin	Superior
Population	177	1,833
Median age	65.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,269	$61,852
Median home value	$90,900	$69,300
Median gross rent	—	$613
Housing units	97	989
Homeownership rate	97.4%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ruskin	Superior
Population	100 → 177 (+77.0%)	1,979 → 1,833 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $78,269 (+29.1%)	$39,408 → $61,852 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $90,900 (+19.6%)	$59,700 → $69,300 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$470 → $613 (+30.4%)

Ruskin

Population

100177

Median household income

$60,625$78,269

Median home value

$76,000$90,900

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)

	Ruskin	Superior
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	5.1%	12.3%
18 to 24	11.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	5.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	4.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	39.5%	13.5%
75 and over	13.0%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ruskin	Superior
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	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	5.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ruskin	Superior
No high school diploma	1.5%	13.4%
High school graduate	19.0%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	55.5%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ruskin	Superior
Drove alone	66.7%	68.0%
Carpooled	2.2%	25.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	27.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.6%
Other means	1.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ruskin	Superior
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Ruskin	Superior
Poverty rate	13.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1958	1947