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Brighton township, Beaver County, PA

8,770 Population
19.4 square miles 452.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Beaver County: 44.7 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,810 ±$5,185 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Beaver County: $40,640 ±$894
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$115,250 ±$16,582 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Beaver County: $71,089 ±$1,561
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6% ±2.9% (514  ±247) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Beaver County: 9.9% 16,198 (±0.7% / ±1,173)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±1.4 (76,975  ±9,741) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Beaver County: 25.5 1,750,860 (±0.5 / ±50,772)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,245 ±200 Number of households
  • Beaver County: 72,257 ±632
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (8,500  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Beaver County: 2.3 163,477 (±0 / ±28)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±6.8% (88  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Beaver County: 4.3% † 1,441 (±0.7% / ±223)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,320 ±207 Number of housing units
  • Beaver County: 79,328 ±141
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$279,600 ±$15,513 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Beaver County: $190,900 ±$4,239
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±2.3% (689  ±201.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Beaver County: 9% 14,902 (±0.8% / ±1,356.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.5% ±5.8% (5,812  ±456.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Beaver County: 95.4% 116,701 (±1.9% / ±2,289.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.7% ±4.1% (2,428  ±274.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Beaver County: 28.7% 35,127 (±1.1% / ±1,279.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 10 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

1.3% ±0.8% (113  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Beaver County: 1.9% 3,080
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.6% ±2.1% (616  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Beaver County: 7.7% 10,302 (±0.5% / ±682)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
616 Total veterans ±137 584 Male ±132 32 Female ±29

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