PlainZIP

Brighton, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Brighton, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,654. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BRIGHTON-IL · Brighton, IL 1 ZIPs · 6,654 pop · #5785/25278 · Macoupin County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $92,571
  • RANK-UPPER #5785/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bunker Hill
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,654
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $168,600

Nearest income peer: Bunker Hill, IL (+ $662 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Brighton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Brighton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Brighton, IL sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 23%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,654
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$92,571
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $92,571 and home value $168,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 22.4%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.9%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Illinois, Gifford is the closest lower-income city and Sycamore the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Brighton.

Population concentration

Brighton's single ZIP 62012 carries the town

Brighton is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 62012 is the entire residential footprint (6,654 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Brighton

Citywide ZBP: 73 establishments, 413 employees , annual payroll $15,154k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 62012 (73 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (18) · also Other services (except public administration) · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Brighton, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Macoupin County, which covers 21 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Brighton. See the Macoupin County roll-up →

No other city sharing Macoupin County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Brighton. Carlinville, Staunton and Gillespie sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Benld marks the far end of that range at $45,217, 51% below Brighton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
62012 6,654 $92,571 73 43
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Brighton roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Brighton, .