Superior vs Superior

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

Superior 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 668 in Superior). Superior has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $63,415 in Superior). Superior has the higher median home value ($266,300 vs $168,500 in Superior).

Population, income & housing

	Superior	Superior
Population	26,550	668
Median age	38.9 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,415	$66,875
Median home value	$168,500	$266,300
Median gross rent	$881	$1,185
Housing units	12,509	374
Homeownership rate	61.2%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Superior	Superior
Population	26,223 → 26,550 (+1.2%)	802 → 668 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$46,957 → $63,415 (+35.0%)	$70,357 → $66,875 (-4.9%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $168,500 (+39.5%)	$160,300 → $266,300 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $881 (+16.2%)	$1,128 → $1,185 (+5.1%)

Superior

Population

26,22326,550

Median household income

$46,957$63,415

Median home value

$120,800$168,500

Median gross rent

$758$881

Superior

Population

802668

Median household income

$70,357$66,875

Median home value

$160,300$266,300

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Superior	Superior
Under 5	4.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	9.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	18.9%
75 and over	7.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Superior	Superior
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	97.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Superior	Superior
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Superior	Superior
Drove alone	74.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	12.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.6%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Superior	Superior
1-unit, detached	62.7%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	8.7%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Superior	Superior
Poverty rate	13.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1957	1983