Brighton

Population & Demographics

Brighton, CO

Brighton is home to 42,059 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 21,416 resident workers commute each day.

ColoradoCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
42,059
people
Population

42,059 residents

Median age 34.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Brighton population & demographics

Who lives in Brighton — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
42,059
Median age
34.0yrs
Median household income
$107,679
Median home value
$499,500
Median gross rent
$1,779/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
23.5%
Poverty rate
9.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Brighton

How Brighton breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White51.4%
Hispanic or Latino38.6%
Two or more races4.1%
Black2.7%
Asian1.9%
Some other race1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Brighton

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Brighton.

Brighton at a glance
Employed Residents
21,416
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
18.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
13.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Denver
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Brighton proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Brighton commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

41 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Brighton

21,416 commutes, one dot at a time

Brighton

Where 21,416 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Brighton, by worker count.

1Denver18.9 mi4,296
2Brighton0.0 mi2,968
3Aurora20.1 mi1,638
4Commerce City8.5 mi1,314
5Thornton9.0 mi950
6Westminster15.0 mi772
7Lakewood24.8 mi622
8Broomfield13.8 mi494

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Brighton.

1Brighton0.0 mi2,968
2Thornton9.0 mi1,720
3Denver18.9 mi1,441
4Commerce City8.5 mi1,313
5Aurora20.1 mi811
6Westminster15.0 mi638
7Broomfield13.8 mi429
8Fort Lupton7.5 mi391

Top industries

The sectors that employ Brighton’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PAPublic Administration17.9%
EDEducational Services16.2%
RTRetail Trade12.9%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.2%
COConstruction4.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.0%
MFManufacturing4.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Brighton

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

10 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps99%
5 Gbps31%
8 Gbps31%
See all internet providers in Brighton

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).