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Brighton city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Brighton city is a Census city of 3,079 people across 1.41 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $38,221, 81.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $467,000.
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Brighton
What Brighton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.41 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,176 plus or minus 592
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brighton
How many people live in Brighton
- Population3,079 plus or minus 837
- Median age43.2 plus or minus 12.8
- Population under 18863 plus or minus 350
- Share under 1828.0 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Population 65 and over563 plus or minus 201
- Share 65 and over18.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Households1,240 plus or minus 323
- Family households731 plus or minus 296
- Share of households that are families59.0 percent plus or minus 18.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brighton
Income and work in Brighton
- Median household income$38,221 plus or minus $13,546
- Per capita income$18,406 plus or minus $5,314
- Civilian labor force1,291 plus or minus 487
- Employed1,058 plus or minus 467
- Unemployed233 plus or minus 127
- Unemployment rate18.0 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Adults 25 and over2,107 plus or minus 565
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brighton
Housing in Brighton
- Housing units1,578 plus or minus 327
- Occupied units1,240 plus or minus 323
- Vacant units338 plus or minus 117
- Vacancy rate21.4 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied1,007 plus or minus 314
- Renter occupied233 plus or minus 92
- Ownership rate81.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$70,800 plus or minus $15,394
- Median gross rent, monthly$656 plus or minus $153
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.6 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Single family units1,262 plus or minus 322
- Share single family80.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more90 plus or minus 54
- Share in buildings of two or more5.7 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Mobile homes226 plus or minus 124
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brighton
How Brighton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,015 plus or minus 468
- Commuting under 15 minutes81 plus or minus 59
- Share commuting under 15 minutes8.0 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more457 plus or minus 421
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.0 percent plus or minus 36.0
- Drove alone90.0 percent
- Carpooled4.1 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home3.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brighton
SBA loans in Brighton (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$467,000
- Average approval$467,000
- Median approval$467,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$467,000
- Largest approval$467,000
- Jobs supported1
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson County, not Brighton
Jefferson County context, not Brighton figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Brighton measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County16,989
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County341,042
- Covered employment, Jefferson County367,081
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$71,562
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,376
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County2,117
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County1,536
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$65,539,202,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$73,144
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brighton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Brighton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brighton, Alabama?
3,079, in 1,240 households. Brighton city covers 1.41 square miles of land, which is 2,176 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brighton in?
Jefferson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Brighton?
$38,221. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $70,800. Median gross rent is $656 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Brighton businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $467,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $467,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brighton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Brighton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Brighton. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Brighton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Brighton.
Is zoning published for Brighton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.