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Brighton, MA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Brighton, MA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 42,780. 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-MA · Brighton, MA 1 ZIPs · 42,780 pop · #6222/25278 · Suffolk County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-RENT · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $90,829
  • RANK-UPPER #6222/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Boston
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-RENT 23% owners
  • POP-SMALL 42,780
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $681,200

Nearest income peer: East Boston, MA ( $723 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, MA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 25%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
42,780
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$90,829
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 $90,829 and home value $681,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 72.0%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (23.3%) for this income tier, rent $2,249 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Massachusetts, Gill is the closest lower-income city and Pocasset 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 02135 carries the town

Brighton is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 02135 is the entire residential footprint (42,780 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Brighton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 652 establishments, 16,744 employees , annual payroll $1,662,954k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 02135 (652 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (101) · also Other services (except public administration) · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Brighton, MA

These ZIP codes sit in Suffolk County, which covers 33 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Brighton. See the Suffolk County roll-up →

Brighton lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Suffolk County: Boston, Jamaica Plain and South Boston earn more and Dorchester, Revere and Dorchester Center earn less. South Boston marks the far end of that range at $164,387, 81% above Brighton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
02135 42,780 $90,829 652 6,271
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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, .