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Brighton, CO

41,196 Population
21.4 square miles 1,922 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$40,248 ±$3,054 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $55,529 ±$397
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$100,134 ±$5,244 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $102,339 ±$695
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

8.8% ±2.2% (3,541  ±883) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 8.2% 240,699 (±0.2% / ±6,191)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

30.6 minutes ±2.5 (579,995  ±55,293) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 27.3 35,125,344 (±0.1 / ±268,861)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

13,365 ±551 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,201,206 ±2,792
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
3 ±0.1 (40,227  ±234) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 2.5 2,942,936 (±0 / ±388)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

4.4% ±1.6% (419  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 4.7% 35,158 (±0.2% / ±1,362)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

13,819 ±561 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,268,353 ±380
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$475,100 ±$12,737 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $570,300 ±$2,129
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

15.6% ±2.5% (6,352  ±1,019.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 16.5% 485,456 (±0.3% / ±9,650.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

87.2% ±4% (23,585  ±1,247.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 92.3% 1,938,613 (±0.5% / ±10,112.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
23.5% ±2.3% (6,345  ±645.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 48.4% 1,016,094 (±0.3% / ±6,874.3)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.5% ±1.5% (3,513  ±615) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 12.1% 360,307
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

6.6% ±1.3% (1,970  ±374) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 6.4% 148,067 (±0.1% / ±2,123)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
1,970 Total veterans ±374 1,709 Male ±316 261 Female ±146

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