City safety & data profile

BrightonCO

Brighton, CO is a 38K-resident city in Adams County with a median household income of $107,679.

Adams County, Colorado. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Brighton, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Brighton has a population larger than 71% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $499,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

38K
Population (place)
Top 29%
By size
$107,679
Median income (place)
$499,500
Median home (place)
9.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Brighton

Brighton posts a median household income higher than 75% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Brighton area.

Top 25%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Brighton

Where Brighton income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$107,679 Top 25% higher than 75% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Brighton $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CO

Population among 59 CO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Denver is the largest CO city on this list; The Pinery leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CO

Median household income among the same 59-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows The Pinery posts the highest place-level median income in CO; Denver is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Brighton, CO beyond the headline numbers

Brighton sits inside Adams County, Colorado, at roughly 39.99°N, -104.82°W. Population 37,585, $107,679 median household income. Median home value $499,500, median rent $1,779. Poverty rate 9.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Brighton, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 9.4%, poverty in Brighton, CO runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Brighton runs about 4.6 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

13.4% of Brighton workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 16.8% in Brighton, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Brighton's median age is 34 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Brighton from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
37,585
Brighton · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$107,679
+20% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$499,500
+21% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Adams County): Brighton's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
530K+17%
Median Income
$94,571+68%
Median Home Value
$484,200+159%
Poverty Rate
9.8%-31%
Unemployment
4.6%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Brighton, CO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,779/mo
Poverty Rate
9.4% -24% vs avg
Unemployment 4.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 23.5%
Work From Home 13.4%
Public Transit 1.3%

Population

White 59.3%
African American 2.8%
Asian 2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33.4%
Obesity
33.4%
High Blood Pressure
27.3%
Physical Inactivity
22.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.5%
Binge Drinking
17.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
16.8%
Current Smoking
13.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.8%
Current Asthma
11.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.1%
Annual Checkup 70.2%

Other Measures

Diabetes
9.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.8%
Stroke
2.7%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH PLATTE VALLEY HOSPITAL
BRIGHTON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Brighton?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Brighton right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CO-BRIGHTON-CO · Brighton

Brighton: 3 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-TRACE 3 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Los Angeles

Tagged alert mix: Brighton

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 3 tagged notices on record for Brighton.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Los Angeles, CA (3 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Brighton; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Colorado state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (3 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Los Angeles, CA 3 alerts San Antonio, TX 3 alerts Austin, TX 3 alerts Oklahoma City, OK 3 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Brighton, CO? ▼
Brighton, CO has a population of 37,585 people, located in Adams County, Colorado.
What is the median household income in Brighton? ▼
The median household income in Brighton, CO is $107,679 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9.4%.
What is the median home value in Brighton? ▼
The median home value in Brighton, CO is $499,500. Median rent is $1,779/month.
What are the top health concerns in Brighton? ▼
The top health indicators in Brighton include Short Sleep Duration (33.4%), Obesity (33.4%), High Blood Pressure (27.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Brighton? ▼
Brighton has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Brighton? ▼
The median age in Brighton, CO is 34 years. 23.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Brighton, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CO (9.4% here).

Chesapeake, VA 9.4% Suffolk, VA 9.4% Waltham, MA 9.4% Lake Elsinore, CA 9.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CO ($107,679 here).

Mountlake Terrace, WA $107,687 Lumberton, TX $107,623 Norwalk, CT $107,616 Columbia, IL $107,606

Compare Brighton with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Frederick, CO 11K Firestone, CO 12K Thornton, CO 133K Northglenn, CO 39K Welby, CO 15K Commerce City, CO 54K Federal Heights, CO 12K Sherrelwood, CO 18K
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Using Brighton's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Brighton area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Brighton against Colorado peers on any ranking lens. Explore Colorado

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Adams County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.