Brighton is a city of 36,834 people in New York. This is an unusually credentialed place: 69% of adults have a four-year degree. The average commute runs 17 minutes. Density works out to 2,391 people per square mile. Owners hold 56% of the housing stock. The typical home is worth $282,100, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $85,467, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.1
US median: 38.9
More educated
69% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Brighton
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share1.3% → 5.1%(+3.8 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$99,502 → $85,467(−14%)US over the same years: +14%
Poverty rate4.5% → 8.9%(+4.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Brighton's population equals 4.9% of Monroe County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 8.7% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 8.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)28%(356)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)9.8%(124)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.5%(413)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.8%(112)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.2%(28)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,270 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Brighton, decade by decade
Brighton population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
34,455
$99,502
$276,968
51.6%
19.9
2000
35,584
$94,846
$226,067
57.4%
34.6
2010
36,609
$88,301
$237,796
62.2%
47.5
2020
37,137
$86,175
$235,499
67.0%
56.5
2024
36,834
$85,467
$282,100
68.6%
54.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
