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Brighton town, Essex County, VT

1,167 Population
52.9 square miles 22.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±11.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 51.9 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,291 ±$12,985 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Essex County: $36,657 ±$2,975
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,375 ±$21,292 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $59,294 ±$3,865
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22% ±15.3% (257  ±184) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 13.9% † 828 (±3.4% / ±203)
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.1 minutes ±8.3 (13,555  ±4,910) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 28.1 66,210 (±2.3 / ±6,704)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

554 ±83 Number of households
  • Essex County: 2,823 ±140
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (1,143  ±193) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.1 5,942 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±4.6% (11  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 4.1% † 44 (±2.2% / ±24)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

992 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 4,952 ±31
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,900 ±$38,569 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Essex County: $172,500 ±$8,240
  • about half the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±2.9% (62  ±35.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 5.8% † 343 (±1.7% / ±101.2)
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±5.6% (756  ±125) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 89.7% 4,118 (±4.7% / ±219.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.9% ±6.7% (214  ±64.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 21.5% † 988 (±2.4% / ±108.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)
  • about three-quarters 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

4.7% ±3.1% (55  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 3.1% 186
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.6% ±5.6% (120  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 9.3% † 465 (±1.5% / ±73)
  • about double the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
120 Total veterans ±56 95 Male ±49 25 Female ±26

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