Superior is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 2,571 people and just one neighborhood, Superior is the 117th largest community in Arizona.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Superior is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Superior is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Superior who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (11.84%), teaching (10.68%), and sales jobs (6.64%).
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.
A relatively large number of people in Superior telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.85% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Superior is worth considering.
One downside of living in Superior, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.88 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Superior doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Superior who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.30% of the adults in Superior have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Superior in 2022 was $28,692, which is middle income relative to Arizona, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,768 for a family of four. However, Superior contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Superior is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Superior home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Superior, accounting for 59.72% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Superior residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Superior include English, Irish, German, Dutch, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Superior is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 54.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Superior are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 36.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.7%), and 16.9% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 69.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish and Chinese.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Superior, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (54.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (4.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (3.8%), along with some German ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (66.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (20.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.