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Brightwood, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Brightwood is a Census CDP of 1,325 people across 4.98 square miles of land, in Madison County. Median household income is $70,625, 94.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Brightwood
What Brightwood is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.98 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land266 plus or minus 68
- County holding the largest share of its areaMadison 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.
Brightwood
How many people live in Brightwood
- Population1,325 plus or minus 338
- Median age44.8 plus or minus 10.2
- Population under 18245 plus or minus 110
- Share under 1818.5 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Population 65 and over281 plus or minus 99
- Share 65 and over21.2 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Households488 plus or minus 120
- Family households372 plus or minus 111
- Share of households that are families76.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brightwood
Income and work in Brightwood
- Median household income$70,625 plus or minus $35,878
- Per capita income$31,338
- Civilian labor force700 plus or minus 214
- Employed661 plus or minus 211
- Unemployed39 plus or minus 53
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over990 plus or minus 230
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.6 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.7 percent plus or minus 7.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brightwood
Housing in Brightwood
- Housing units522 plus or minus 132
- Occupied units488 plus or minus 120
- Vacant units34 plus or minus 54
- Vacancy rate6.5 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Owner occupied461 plus or minus 116
- Renter occupied27 plus or minus 31
- Ownership rate94.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$328,800 plus or minus $71,505
- Median gross rent, monthly$958
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.3 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Single family units507 plus or minus 137
- Share single family97.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5 plus or minus 16
- Share in buildings of two or more1.0 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Mobile homes10 plus or minus 13
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brightwood
How Brightwood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute538 plus or minus 198
- Commuting under 15 minutes23 plus or minus 33
- Share commuting under 15 minutes4.3 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more206 plus or minus 116
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.3 percent plus or minus 16.4
- Drove alone78.8 percent plus or minus 17.0
- Carpooled5.3 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Public transport2.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home13.1 percent plus or minus 6.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Madison County, not Brightwood
Madison County context, not Brightwood figures
- Establishments in Madison County283
- Covered employment, Madison County3,095
- Average annual pay, Madison County$50,151
- Housing units permitted, Madison County67
Every figure in this section is published for Madison County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brightwood.
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Brightwood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brightwood, Virginia?
1,325, in 488 households. Brightwood CDP covers 4.98 square miles of land, which is 266 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brightwood in?
Madison 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 Brightwood?
$70,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $328,800. Median gross rent is $958 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Brightwood figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Madison 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 Brightwood.
Is zoning published for Brightwood?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.