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Brighton, MI

7,688 Population
3.5 square miles 2,187.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,464 ±$5,005 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $43,384 ±$233
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$80,682 ±$7,181 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $76,664 ±$554
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

8.1% ±2.6% (618  ±196) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 13.6% 589,816 (±0.2% / ±10,497)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

24.8 minutes ±1.4 (79,385  ±9,596) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 26 44,472,824 (±0 / ±250,895)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

3,764 ±235 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,768,816 ±3,294
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2 ±0.1 (7,584  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,333,258
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

7.5% ±4.6% (112  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.4% 53,174 (±0.2% / ±1,960)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

4,033 ±233 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,926,157 ±451
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$339,000 ±$16,444 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $249,700 ±$1,124
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

14.2% ±3.9% (1,084  ±298) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10% 431,361 (±0.2% / ±7,266.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

96.9% ±6.5% (5,782  ±458.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 91.3% 2,810,488 (±0.4% / ±12,788.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
48.6% ±5.1% (2,900  ±327) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 34.8% 1,070,366 (±0.3% / ±7,706.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

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

4.3% ±1.9% (334  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.7% 467,634
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

7.1% ±1.8% (464  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5% 169,530 (±0.1% / ±2,656)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
464 Total veterans ±116 456 Male ±114 8 Female ±12

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