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Brighton, CO

39,054 Population
21.2 square miles 1,844 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 36.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 36.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,446 ±$2,574 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $39,969 ±$262
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $36,415 ±$167
$72,185 ±$4,956 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $75,565 ±$492
  • a little higher than the amount in Colorado: $68,811 ±$364

11.2% ±2.7% (4,168  ±1,016) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 9.5% 265,989 (±0.2% / ±6,229)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 10.9% 590,504 (±0.2% / ±10,526)

31.3 minutes ±1.5 (550,005  ±34,588) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 27.7 38,764,100 (±0.1 / ±243,577)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.5 66,357,435 (±0.1 / ±329,143)

Families

12,244 ±354 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,094,028 ±2,243
  • Colorado: 2,113,387 ±4,542
3.1 ±0.1 (37,363  ±289) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 2.6 2,815,529 (±0 / ±1,187)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,411,306 (±0)

5.3% ±1.7% (515  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 5.2% 37,068 (±0.2% / ±1,367)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 5.3% 70,270 (±0.2% / ±2,208)

Housing

12,566 ±397 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,154,952 ±615
  • Colorado: 2,352,202 ±668

$278,200 ±$8,959 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $350,500 ±$1,238
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $313,600 ±$1,077

16.1% ±2.7% (6,219  ±1,034) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 17.7% 497,673 (±0.3% / ±7,489)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 18.4% 1,003,322 (±0.2% / ±11,128.4)

Social

86.9% ±3.9% (21,510  ±1,082.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 90.8% 1,777,101 (±0.4% / ±8,155.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 91.4% 3,425,874 (±0.3% / ±11,765)
21.1% ±2% (5,218  ±516.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 42.9% 839,993 (±0.3% / ±5,175.7)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 40.2% 1,504,892 (±0.2% / ±7,266.3)

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

10.6% ±1.7% (4,155  ±666) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 12.3% 349,691 (±0.2% / ±5,459)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 542,977 (±0.1% / ±7,083)

8.5% ±1.3% (2,414  ±359) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 7.4% 162,377 (±0.1% / ±2,307)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 8.9% 375,746 (±0.1% / ±3,514)
2,414 Total veterans ±359 2,003 Male ±285 411 Female ±187

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