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Brighton, TN

2,889 Population
3.2 square miles 893.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,021 ±$5,163 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $37,885 ±$531
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,882 ±$16,393 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $66,401 ±$885
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.9% ±7.7% (429  ±223) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 16.6% 218,212 (±0.5% / ±6,412)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.3 minutes ±7.1 (38,830  ±5,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.3 13,453,315 (±0.3 / ±194,957)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,088 ±118 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 522,879 ±1,921
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (2,889  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.5 1,321,279 (±0 / ±268)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±5.7% (45  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.2% 17,080 (±0.4% / ±1,260)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,137 ±121 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 580,185 ±204
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$214,100 ±$24,534 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $245,900 ±$2,502
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±5.9% (384  ±170.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 11.6% 153,253 (±0.5% / ±6,288.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±10.5% (1,726  ±256.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 89.6% 798,402 (±0.9% / ±8,140)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.4% ±4.9% (384  ±99.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 31% 276,416 (±0.5% / ±4,564.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.2% ±0.4% (7  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.3% 84,595
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11% ±3.9% (228  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.3% 63,169 (±0.2% / ±2,390)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
228 Total veterans ±82 170 Male ±61 58 Female ±42

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