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Brighton, CO

42,059 Population
21.4 square miles 1,962.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$41,641 ±$2,980 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $57,998 ±$401
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
$107,679 ±$7,868 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $105,762 ±$739
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578

9.4% ±2.6% (3,842  ±1,054) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 8.4% 248,130 (±0.3% / ±7,315)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)

31.1 minutes ±2.1 (580,065  ±51,255) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 27 33,969,636 (±0.2 / ±280,471)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)

Families

13,618 ±643 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,221,636 ±2,533
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
3 ±0.1 (41,199  ±214) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 2.4 2,968,465 (±0 / ±371)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481

6.3% ±1.7% (637  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 4.8% 36,325 (±0.2% / ±1,658)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)

Housing

14,116 ±584 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,290,063 ±573
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653

$499,500 ±$15,928 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $603,800 ±$2,575
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069

14.2% ±2.6% (5,899  ±1,069.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 15.9% 473,390 (±0.3% / ±9,146.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)

Social

86.9% ±4.1% (23,783  ±1,298) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 92.3% 1,965,919 (±0.5% / ±10,765.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
23.5% ±2.2% (6,430  ±629.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 49.4% 1,051,860 (±0.3% / ±7,014.9)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)

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

9.7% ±1.4% (4,093  ±580) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 12.5% 374,111
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653

6.9% ±1.3% (2,104  ±409) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 6% 142,877 (±0.1% / ±2,891)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
2,104 Total veterans ±409 1,792 Male ±332 312 Female ±150

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