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Brightwood, VA

1,436 Population
5 square miles 288.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Madison County: 46.2 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,478 ±$6,111 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Madison County: $40,022 ±$3,152
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$90,208 ±$29,924 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Madison County: $82,972 ±$8,192
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

3.3% ±3.4% (47  ±50) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Madison County: 7.1% † 967 (±2% / ±268)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

35 minutes ±3.6 (19,190  ±7,879) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Madison County: 29.5 169,830 (±2.1 / ±18,038)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

475 ±115 Number of households
  • Madison County: 5,392 ±178
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
3 ±0.1 (1,436  ±349) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Madison County: 2.5 13,654 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

14.9% ±13.7% (52  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Madison County: 9.3% † 256 (±4.7% / ±129)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

475 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Madison County: 6,110 ±21
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$300,000 ±$74,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Madison County: $331,400 ±$27,880
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

87.9% ±26.9% (914  ±195.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Madison County: 88.7% 9,004 (±6.3% / ±644.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
21.3% ±8.9% (221  ±104) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Madison County: 27.6% † 2,802 (±3.5% / ±353.5)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

0.3% ±0.5% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Madison County: 3.1% 433
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

4.8% ±3.3% (55  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Madison County: 6.7% † 744 (±1.4% / ±160)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
55 Total veterans ±39 55 Male ±39 N/A Female ±13

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