Poplar vs Superior

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

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

Superior has the higher population (26,550 vs 610 in Poplar). Poplar has the higher median household income ($92,188 vs $63,415 in Superior). Poplar has the higher median home value ($197,400 vs $168,500 in Superior).

Population, income & housing

	Poplar	Superior
Population	610	26,550
Median age	43.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,188	$63,415
Median home value	$197,400	$168,500
Median gross rent	$1,125	$881
Housing units	239	12,509
Homeownership rate	91.1%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poplar	Superior
Population	599 → 610 (+1.8%)	26,223 → 26,550 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$62,361 → $92,188 (+47.8%)	$46,957 → $63,415 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$170,400 → $197,400 (+15.8%)	$120,800 → $168,500 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,125 (-4.6%)	$758 → $881 (+16.2%)

Poplar

Population

599610

Median household income

$62,361$92,188

Median home value

$170,400$197,400

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,125

Superior

Population

26,22326,550

Median household income

$46,957$63,415

Median home value

$120,800$168,500

Median gross rent

$758$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poplar	Superior
Under 5	2.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	27.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	4.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	18.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.0%
75 and over	9.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poplar	Superior
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	88.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poplar	Superior
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	30.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poplar	Superior
Drove alone	83.3%	74.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	3.3%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poplar	Superior
1-unit, detached	90.0%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Poplar	Superior
Poverty rate	5.5%	13.0%
Average household size	2.85	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1977	1957