Nebraska · Census place 47815
Superior, NE population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Superior, Nebraska (Superior, NE — Census place “Superior city”) is 1,833 residents, ranking #68 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $61,852, the median home is worth $69,300 and median gross rent runs $613 a month. Looking for the Superior Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Superior, NE: 68978.
- Population
- 1,833Superior city residents
- Median household income
- $61,852Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $69,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $613Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 47 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.7%Owner-occupied households
Superior ZIP codes (Nebraska)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Superior.
The Superior NE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Superior city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Superior city median would spend about 11.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.6% of residents and 72.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Superior city, NE in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Superior city is a small town in Nebraska, with 1,833 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #68 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 47 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Superior city earn a median of $61,852 a year, 21.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% below the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 6.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Superior city is valued at $69,300, 77.2% below the national figure and 57% below the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $613 a month, 56.4% below the national figure, or roughly $7,356 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Nebraska.
- Stanton city 1,824
- Tecumseh city 1,844
- Mitchell city 1,804
- Syracuse city 1,964
- Hartington city 1,736
- Pierce city 1,986
- Albion city 1,733
- Madison city 2,074
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Superior city?
- Superior city has 1,833 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #68 of 593 in Nebraska.
- What is the median household income in Superior city?
- Median household income in Superior city is $61,852 a year, 21.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Superior city?
- Median gross rent is $613 a month and the median home value is $69,300, so rent absorbs about 11.9% of median household income.
- Is Superior city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Superior city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Superior city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.