Brighton vs Warrior

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

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

Warrior has the higher population (3,204 vs 3,091 in Brighton). Warrior has the higher median household income ($56,133 vs $36,219 in Brighton). Warrior has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $72,800 in Brighton).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Warrior
Population	3,091	3,204
Median age	43.5 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,219	$56,133
Median home value	$72,800	$152,100
Median gross rent	$668	$1,006
Housing units	1,607	1,605
Homeownership rate	74.2%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Warrior
Population	2,810 → 3,091 (+10.0%)	3,214 → 3,204 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$27,250 → $36,219 (+32.9%)	$31,074 → $56,133 (+80.6%)
Median home value	$49,800 → $72,800 (+46.2%)	$108,900 → $152,100 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $668 (-14.2%)	$500 → $1,006 (+101.2%)

Brighton

Population

2,8103,091

Median household income

$27,250$36,219

Median home value

$49,800$72,800

Median gross rent

$779$668

Warrior

Population

3,2143,204

Median household income

$31,074$56,133

Median home value

$108,900$152,100

Median gross rent

$500$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Warrior
Under 5	11.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	4.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	17.7%
75 and over	8.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Warrior
White (non-Hispanic)	2.3%	68.9%
Black or African American	65.6%	25.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Warrior
No high school diploma	20.7%	14.9%
High school graduate	34.5%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Warrior
Drove alone	83.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	7.1%
Other means	2.8%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Warrior
1-unit, detached	77.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Warrior
Poverty rate	38.6%	15.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1961	1977