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Brighton town, Franklin County, NY

1,351 Population
77.9 square miles 17.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about half the figure in Franklin County: 42 ±0.5
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,783 ±$5,222 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $32,684 ±$1,238
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,750 ±$19,468 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $65,151 ±$3,697
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.8% ±4.9% (50  ±37) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 18.3% † 7,841 (±1.9% / ±831)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±1.9 (10,190  ±2,320) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 20.7 363,795 (±1.2 / ±25,248)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

400 ±71 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 19,514 ±405
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.2 (731  ±148) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 2.2 42,565 (±0.1 / ±113)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.3% ±1% (1  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 9.3% † 851 (±2.5% / ±224)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

876 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 25,494 ±81
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$245,500 ±$60,419 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Franklin County: $145,400 ±$10,253
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.3% ±6.7% (234  ±94) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Franklin County: 9.6% † 4,449 (±1.4% / ±623.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±23.7% (572  ±90.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 86.8% 29,199 (±3% / ±1,028)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
42.6% ±4.4% (257  ±56.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 23.8% 8,013 (±1.6% / ±554.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

3.3% ±2.5% (44  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 3.5% 1,638
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.1% ±1.3% (26  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Franklin County: 7.3% † 2,731 (±0.8% / ±287)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
26 Total veterans ±16 23 Male ±14 3 Female ±4

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