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Brighton CCD, Adams County, CO

125,394 Population
139.5 square miles 899 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Adams County: 34.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,842 ±$1,635 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Adams County: $42,206 ±$661
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$131,435 ±$3,229 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Adams County: $94,571 ±$1,524
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.7% ±1.1% (7,075  ±1,419) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Adams County: 9.8% 51,582 (±0.6% / ±3,254)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.3 minutes ±0.6 (1,737,475  ±86,051) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Adams County: 29.8 7,062,380 (±0.6 / ±168,434)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

41,487 ±1,062 Number of households
  • Adams County: 188,730 ±791
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.1 (124,499  ±2,666) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Adams County: 2.8 526,658 (±0 / ±115)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±1.2% (2,095  ±393) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Adams County: 5.3% † 7,196 (±0.5% / ±727)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

42,689 ±1,028 Number of housing units
  • Adams County: 195,793 ±113
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$589,800 ±$8,234 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Adams County: $484,200 ±$3,903
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.1% ±1.3% (16,168  ±1,669.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Adams County: 14.5% 75,822 (±0.8% / ±4,134)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±1.9% (74,788  ±2,358.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Adams County: 85.2% 298,175 (±1.3% / ±4,657.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.5% ±1.4% (26,665  ±1,342.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Adams County: 29% 101,545 (±0.8% / ±2,613.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about 90 percent 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

9.6% ±1.2% (11,998  ±1,562) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Adams County: 15.6% 82,886
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±0.7% (6,122  ±660) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Adams County: 6.1% 24,314 (±0.3% / ±1,216)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
6,122 Total veterans ±660 5,432 Male ±606 690 Female ±205

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