Brighton, Colorado Neighborhood Info

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Brighton, Colorado QuickFacts

	Brighton, Colorado	United States
Total population	20,905	281,421,906
State	Colorado
City	brighton

Brighton, Colorado Population

	Brighton, Colorado	%, Brighton, Colorado	United States
Male	10,855	51.93%	49.06%
Female	10,050	48.07%	50.94%
Median age (years)	31.9		35.3

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	Brighton, Colorado	%, Brighton, Colorado	United States
18 years and over	14,929	71.41%	74.31%
21 years and over	14,007	67.0%	69.97%
62 years and over	2,400	11.48%	14.66%
65 years and over	2,035	9.73%	12.43%

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	Brighton, Colorado	%, Brighton, Colorado	United States
White	16,077	76.91%	75.14%
Black or African American	206	0.99%	12.32%
Asian	230	1.1%	3.64%
Some other race	3,723	17.81%	5.46%
Two or more races	669	3.2%	2.43%

Brighton, Colorado Housing

	Brighton, Colorado	%, Brighton, Colorado	United States
Total households	6,718		105,480,101
Family households (families)	5,060	75.32%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	1,658	24.68%	31.94%

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	Brighton, Colorado	%, Brighton, Colorado	United States
Total housing units	6,984		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	272	3.89%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	6,718	96.19%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	4,791	68.6%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	1,927	27.59%	30.77%

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	Brighton, Colorado	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	37	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	403	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,806	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,219	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	586	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	127	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	0	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	146,500	119,600

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	Brighton, Colorado	%, Brighton, Colorado	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	1,726	25.69%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	2,311	34.4%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	920	13.69%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	773	11.51%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	641	9.54%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	334	4.97%	9.65%

Brighton, Colorado Education

	Brighton, Colorado	%, Brighton, Colorado	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,339		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	391	7.32%	6.47%
Kindergarten	307	5.75%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,726	51.06%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	1,341	25.12%	21.38%
College or graduate school	574	10.75%	22.81%

Brighton, Colorado Economy

	Brighton, Colorado	%, Brighton, Colorado	United States
Population 16 years and over	15,493		217,168,077
In labor force	10,227	66.01%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	10,211	65.91%	63.39%
- - Employed	9,518	61.43%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	693	4.47%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	16	0.1%	0.53%
Not in labor force	5,266	33.99%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	7,381	47.64%	51.66%
In labor force	4,493	29.0%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	4,493	29.0%	29.65%
- - Employed	4,235	27.33%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	2,024	13.06%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,277		12,787,501

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	Brighton, Colorado	%, Brighton, Colorado	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	6,729		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	385	5.72%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	330	4.9%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	721	10.71%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,012	15.04%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,127	16.75%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,753	26.05%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	779	11.58%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	506	7.52%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	101	1.5%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	15	0.22%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	46,779		41,994

	Brighton, Colorado	%, Brighton, Colorado	United States
With earnings	5,710	36.86%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	52,668		56,604
With Social Security income	1,596	10.3%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,435		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	241	1.56%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,761		6,320
With public assistance income	125	0.81%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,915		3,032
With retirement income	1,008	6.51%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	12,521		17,376

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