Best PlacesSuperior, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Superior, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Superior ranks 603rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Superior
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Superior's strengths and weaknesses
Where Superior ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$177,275 median, better than 99% of towns
Where Superior ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,834 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Superior
A household needs to earn about $228,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Superior home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $177,275, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Superior's effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Superior
Superior's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Superior.
Who works in Superior, and how
Work in Superior centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Superior
Superior has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Superior and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Superior, month by month
Superior sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Superior
Denver International sits about 26 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.1 million passengers in 2025, with 250 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Superior
Schools across Superior average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Superior Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Eldorado K-8 SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Monarch K-8 SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Hills Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Wayne Carle Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Monarch High SchoolA− · 66% proficient
- Standley Lake High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Superior school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Superior measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Superior against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Superior
Is Superior a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Superior ranks 603rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, an educated workforce, and biking, and lowest on air quality and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Superior expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $894,393. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $177,275 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Superior safe?
Superior is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $428 per resident a year.
Compare Superior with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Superior. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Superior represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Superior detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Superior: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Superior: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Superior: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Superior: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Superior detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.