City safety & data profile

SuperiorWI

Superior, WI is a 27K-resident city in Douglas County with a median household income of $64,216.

Douglas County, Wisconsin. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Superior, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Superior has a population larger than 58% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $180,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

27K
Population (place)
Top 42%
By size
$64,216
Median income (place)
$180,400
Median home (place)
13.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Superior

Superior posts a median household income higher than 28% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Superior area.

Bottom 29%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Superior

Where Superior income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$64,216 Bottom 28% higher than 28% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Superior $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in WI

Population among 85 WI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Milwaukee is the largest WI city on this list; Whitefish Bay leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WI

Median household income among the same 85-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Whitefish Bay posts the highest place-level median income in WI; Milwaukee is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Superior, WI beyond the headline numbers

Superior sits inside Douglas County, Wisconsin, at roughly 46.72°N, -92.10°W. Population 26,579, $64,216 median household income. Median home value $180,400, median rent $900. Poverty rate 13.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Superior, 0 with an ER.

Poverty in Superior, WI stands at 13.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Superior runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 8.7% of Superior workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.5% in Superior, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Superior from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
26,579
Superior · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$64,216
-28% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$180,400
-56% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Douglas County): Superior's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
44K+1%
Median Income
$75,099+65%
Median Home Value
$205,800+58%
Poverty Rate
10.8%-28%
Unemployment
3.1%-63%

Economics

Economics indicators for Superior, WI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$900/mo
Poverty Rate
13.3% +7% vs avg
Unemployment 3.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 29.1%
Work From Home 8.7%
Public Transit 1.4%

Population

White 88.9%
African American 1%
Asian 1.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
41%
Short Sleep Duration
34.6%
High Blood Pressure
33.1%
Physical Inactivity
27.5%
Binge Drinking
19.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.5%
Current Smoking
14.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.5%
Current Asthma
11.4%
Diabetes
10.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 64%
Annual Checkup 76.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.5%
Stroke
3.3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Superior?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Superior right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet WI-SUPERIOR-WI · Superior

Superior: 57 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 57 on record
  • WX-LED 79% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Superior

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 57 tagged notices on record for Superior.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ21)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Superior; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Wisconsin state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (57 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Superior, WI? ▼
Superior, WI has a population of 26,579 people, located in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Superior? ▼
The median household income in Superior, WI is $64,216 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.3%.
What is the median home value in Superior? ▼
The median home value in Superior, WI is $180,400. Median rent is $900/month.
What are the top health concerns in Superior? ▼
The top health indicators in Superior include Obesity (41%), Short Sleep Duration (34.6%), High Blood Pressure (33.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Superior? ▼
Superior has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Superior? ▼
The median age in Superior, WI is 39.1 years. 29.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Superior, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WI (13.3% here).

Modesto, CA 13.3% Washington Heights, NY 13.3% Pasadena, CA 13.3% Bellflower, CA 13.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WI ($64,216 here).

Lakeland, FL $64,185 Provo, UT $64,171 Fort Morgan, CO $64,158 Dover, OH $64,276

Compare Superior with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Duluth, MN 86K Cloquet, MN 12K Hibbing, MN 16K North Branch, MN 10K Grand Rapids, MN 11K Forest Lake, MN 20K East Bethel, MN 12K Hugo, MN 14K
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Using Superior's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Superior area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Superior against Wisconsin peers on any ranking lens. Explore Wisconsin

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Douglas County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.