Brighton vs Mount Olive

A side-by-side comparison of Brighton and Mount Olive: population, income, housing, and more.

Brighton and Mount Olive are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Olive has the higher population (3,449 vs 3,091 in Brighton). Mount Olive has the higher median household income ($84,120 vs $36,219 in Brighton). Mount Olive has the higher median home value ($190,400 vs $72,800 in Brighton).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Mount Olive
Population	3,091	3,449
Median age	43.5 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,219	$84,120
Median home value	$72,800	$190,400
Median gross rent	$668	$1,022
Housing units	1,607	1,540
Homeownership rate	74.2%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Mount Olive
Population	2,810 → 3,091 (+10.0%)	4,387 → 3,449 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$27,250 → $36,219 (+32.9%)	$73,500 → $84,120 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$49,800 → $72,800 (+46.2%)	$158,300 → $190,400 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $668 (-14.2%)	$734 → $1,022 (+39.2%)

Brighton

Population

2,8103,091

Median household income

$27,250$36,219

Median home value

$49,800$72,800

Median gross rent

$779$668

Mount Olive

Population

4,3873,449

Median household income

$73,500$84,120

Median home value

$158,300$190,400

Median gross rent

$734$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Mount Olive
Under 5	11.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	8.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.8%
75 and over	8.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	2.3%	80.8%
Black or African American	65.6%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	20.7%	11.7%
High school graduate	34.5%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Mount Olive
Drove alone	83.8%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	11.8%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	77.1%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	38.6%	9.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1961	1980