Brighton is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 42,477 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Brighton is the 21st largest community in Colorado. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Brighton, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Brighton, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Brighton’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Brighton does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $100,134.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Brighton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brighton is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brighton who work in management occupations (10.99%), office and administrative support (9.58%), and sales jobs (9.05%). Also of interest is that Brighton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.32% 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 30.90 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of Brighton citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.47% of adults in Brighton have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Brighton in 2022 was $40,248, 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 $160,992 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 38.52% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brighton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Brighton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
