Brighton, MI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Brighton, MI: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 46,134. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet BRIGHTON-MI · Brighton, MI 2 ZIPs · 46,134 pop · #2582/25278 · Livingston County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-HIGH · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-MID
- INC-TOP $115,413
- RANK-TOP #2582/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Pinckney
- BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
- OWN-HIGH 89% owners
- POP-SMALL 46,134
- SPREAD-TIGHT 48116→48114
- HOME-MID $395,650
Nearest income peer: Pinckney, MI ( $6,084 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.
- Hamburg · lowest
Hamburg · lowest
$47,188 median HH income
- Fowlerville · near
Fowlerville · near
$90,592 median HH income
- Howell · near
Howell · near
$101,510 median HH income
- Hartland · near
Hartland · near
$105,964 median HH income
- Pinckney · near
Pinckney · near
$109,329 median HH income
- Brighton · this city · highest
Brighton · this city · highest
$115,413 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Brighton, MI sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 10%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 46,134
- city population (Census)
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $115,413
- 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 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $115,413 and home value $395,650 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 50.9%.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (89.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within Michigan, Belmont is the closest lower-income city and Clarkston the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Brighton.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Brighton differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Brighton: $106,763 in ZIP 48116 to $124,063 in 48114. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 1.6 points
48116 to 48114
48116 to 48114
48114 to 48116
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 48116 skews compact Brighton
In this 2-ZIP cluster, 48116 covers about 57% of Brighton's 46,134 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Brighton
Citywide ZBP: 1,805 establishments, 26,378 employees , annual payroll $1,312,861k (~39 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 48116 (1,231 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (243) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .
ZIP Codes in Brighton, MI
These ZIP codes sit in Livingston County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Brighton. See the Livingston County roll-up →
No other city sharing Livingston County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Brighton. Howell, Pinckney and Fowlerville sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Hamburg marks the far end of that range at $47,188, 59% below Brighton.
Side-by-side: Compare 48116 vs 48114 →
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, .