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Brighton, CO
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Brighton profile


Living in Brighton



Brighton is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 41,881 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Brighton is the 21st largest community in Colorado. Brighton has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Brighton, where the median household income is $86,975.00.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.22% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Brighton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.34 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The population of Brighton overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Brighton, 22.01% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Brighton in 2018 was $37,177, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,708 for a family of four. However, Brighton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Brighton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brighton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brighton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Brighton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.64% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brighton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Brighton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.