About Superior

Superior is a somewhat small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 8,981 people and just one neighborhood, Superior is the 52nd largest community in Colorado.

Superior has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Superior, where the median household income is $82,079.

Superior is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.23% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Superior is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Superior who work in management occupations (21.75%), computer science and math (12.19%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.32%).

Of important note, Superior is also a town of artists. Superior has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Superior's character.

Also of interest is that Superior has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Superior is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Superior Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Superior is a pretty powerful place. 69.16% of the adults in Superior have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Superior in 2000 was $36,326, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,304 for a family of four. However, Superior contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Superior is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Superior home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Superior is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Superior include German, English, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Superior is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.