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Brighton city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Brighton city is a Census city of 42,059 people across 21.72 square miles of land, lying across Adams County and Weld County. Median household income is $107,679, 71.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 76 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $33.8 m.
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Brighton
What Brighton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area21.72 sq mi
- Water area0.26 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,936
- County holding the largest share of its areaAdams County, 88.9 percent
- Counties this place lies inAdams County 88.9 percent, Weld County 11.1 percent
Brighton city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
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
- Population42,059
- Median age34.0
- Population under 1811,674
- Share under 1827.8 percent
- Population 65 and over4,228
- Share 65 and over10.1 percent
- Households13,618
- Family households9,967
- Share of households that are families73.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brighton
Income and work in Brighton
- Median household income$107,679
- Per capita income$41,641
- Civilian labor force22,918
- Employed21,810
- Unemployed1,108 plus or minus 340
- Unemployment rate4.8 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over27,364
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brighton
Housing in Brighton
- Housing units14,116
- Occupied units13,618
- Vacant units498 plus or minus 189
- Vacancy rate3.5 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Owner occupied9,733
- Renter occupied3,885
- Ownership rate71.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$499,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,779
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.8 percent
- Single family units10,832
- Share single family76.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,875
- Share in buildings of two or more20.4 percent
- Mobile homes409 plus or minus 163
- Median year structure built1999
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 commute18,653
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,899
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more9,892
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.0 percent
- Drove alone74.1 percent
- Carpooled9.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home13.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brighton
SBA 7(a) lending to Brighton borrowers
- Approvals76
- Gross approval$33,771,300
- Average approval$444,359
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,204,000
- Largest approval$3,763,200
- Jobs supported502
- Jobs per approval6.6
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Paid in full10
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans9.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more15.8 percent
- Share to franchises18.4 percent
- Distinct lenders36
- Distinct industries by NAICS54
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Brighton
SBA 504 lending to Brighton borrowers
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$24,641,000
- Average approval$821,367
- Median approval$618,000
- Largest approval$3,689,000
- Jobs supported231
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Adams County, not Brighton
Adams County context, not Brighton figures
These are Adams 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 Adams County11,319
- Employment at those establishments, Adams County207,227
- Covered employment, Adams County249,299
- Average annual pay, Adams County$73,817
- Average weekly wage, Adams County$1,420
- Housing units permitted, Adams County2,371
- Of those, single family, Adams County2,028
- County product, 2024, Adams County$43,102,130,000
- County product change over the prior year, Adams County4.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Adams County$63,727
Every figure in this section is published for Adams 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, Colorado?
42,059, in 13,618 households. Brighton city covers 21.72 square miles of land, which is 1,936 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?
Brighton lies in more than one. By area it is 88.9 percent in Adams County, 11.1 percent in Weld County. This page sits under Adams County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Brighton?
$107,679. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $499,500. Median gross rent is $1,779 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?
76 7(a) approvals totalling $33.8 m, across 36 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 30 504 approvals worth $24.6 m. 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?
Of the 11 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 9.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
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 Adams 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.