What is the population of Brighton CDP?

Brighton CDP has 36,633 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 1,292 in New York.

What is the median household income in Brighton CDP?

Median household income in Brighton CDP is $83,723 a year, 6.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brighton CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,272 a month and the median home value is $259,300, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.

Is Brighton CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brighton CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Brighton, NY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Brighton, New York (Brighton, NY — Census place “Brighton CDP”) is 36,633 residents, ranking #27 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $83,723, the median home is worth $259,300 and median gross rent runs $1,272 a month. Looking for the Brighton New York ZIP code list? 5 ZIP codes serve Brighton, NY: 14610, 14618, 14620, 14623, 14625.

Population: 36,633Brighton CDP residents
Median household income: $83,723Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $259,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,272Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.3%Owner-occupied households

Brighton ZIP codes (New York)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Brighton.

The Brighton NY ZIP code list below covers 5 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Brighton CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Brighton CDP median would spend about 18.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.4% of residents and 56.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Brighton CDP, NY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Brighton CDP is a small city in New York, with 36,633 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #27 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 39.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Brighton CDP earn a median of $83,723 a year, 6.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 9% below the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 8.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Brighton CDP is valued at $259,300, 14.5% below the national figure and 18% below the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,272 a month, 9.5% below the national figure, or roughly $15,264 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 56.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Brighton CDP?: Brighton CDP has 36,633 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 1,292 in New York.
What is the median household income in Brighton CDP?: Median household income in Brighton CDP is $83,723 a year, 6.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brighton CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,272 a month and the median home value is $259,300, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.
Is Brighton CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brighton CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Brighton CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.