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Brighton, MI

7,576 Population
3.5 square miles 2,155.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$51,703 ±$4,950 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $42,145 ±$253
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$81,772 ±$8,324 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $75,123 ±$510
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

6.1% ±2.3% (462  ±172) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 13.2% 570,902 (±0.2% / ±9,837)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

24.2 minutes ±1.7 (82,490  ±9,108) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 26.3 45,810,264 (±0.1 / ±276,613)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

3,731 ±188 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,755,372 ±3,651
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2 ±0.1 (7,465  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,323,288 (±0 / ±271)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

10.6% ±5.6% (154  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.3% 52,912 (±0.2% / ±1,839)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

3,967 ±198 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,914,787 ±360
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$302,800 ±$18,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $237,100 ±$1,122
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

16.6% ±4.3% (1,238  ±321.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.2% 442,564 (±0.2% / ±7,811.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96.5% ±6.2% (5,690  ±436.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 91.2% 2,791,502 (±0.4% / ±13,006.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
47.3% ±4.7% (2,792  ±301.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 34.1% 1,042,347 (±0.3% / ±7,687.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

5.6% ±2.3% (424  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.3% 451,270
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7.4% ±1.8% (483  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.2% 178,316 (±0.1% / ±2,885)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
483 Total veterans ±117 470 Male ±111 13 Female ±15

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