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Brighton, NY

36,834 Population
15.4 square miles 2,390.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$58,576 ±$3,270 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: $43,131 ±$383
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$85,467 ±$10,078 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: $76,284 ±$890
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

8.9% ±1.7% (3,083  ±607) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 12.8% 130,703 (±0.5% / ±4,745)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

16.9 minutes ±0.8 (252,775  ±20,288) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 21 9,100,880 (±0.2 / ±130,896)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

15,988 ±520 Number of households
  • the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 445,836 ±1,669
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.2 ±0.1 (34,614  ±44) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 2.3 1,015,292 (±0 / ±497)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

2.9% ±1.1% (247  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 4.9% 11,870 (±0.4% / ±897)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

17,010 ±602 Number of housing units
  • the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 481,033 ±304
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$282,100 ±$10,944 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: $204,600 ±$2,113
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

17.2% ±2.3% (6,296  ±831.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 12.2% 127,397 (±0.3% / ±3,478.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

96.9% ±4% (25,256  ±1,202.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 91.9% 684,946 (±0.8% / ±5,617.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
68.6% ±3.4% (17,886  ±972.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 38.2% 284,227 (±0.5% / ±3,638.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

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

14% ±1.7% (5,173  ±630) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 6.7% 70,502
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

4.3% ±0.9% (1,270  ±278) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 5.6% 47,103 (±0.2% / ±1,498)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
1,270 Total veterans ±278 1,071 Male ±223 199 Female ±150

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