Brighton vs Carlinville

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

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

Carlinville has the higher population (5,574 vs 2,536 in Brighton). Brighton has the higher median household income ($74,327 vs $52,738 in Carlinville). Brighton has the higher median home value ($123,000 vs $108,000 in Carlinville).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Carlinville
Population	2,536	5,574
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,327	$52,738
Median home value	$123,000	$108,000
Median gross rent	$955	$736
Housing units	985	2,432
Homeownership rate	84.2%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Carlinville
Population	2,272 → 2,536 (+11.6%)	5,540 → 5,574 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$63,906 → $74,327 (+16.3%)	$43,693 → $52,738 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$102,700 → $123,000 (+19.8%)	$91,600 → $108,000 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $955 (+33.6%)	$796 → $736 (-7.5%)

Brighton

Population

2,2722,536

Median household income

$63,906$74,327

Median home value

$102,700$123,000

Median gross rent

$715$955

Carlinville

Population

5,5405,574

Median household income

$43,693$52,738

Median home value

$91,600$108,000

Median gross rent

$796$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Carlinville
Under 5	6.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.7%
75 and over	6.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Carlinville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Carlinville
No high school diploma	8.4%	18.5%
High school graduate	43.2%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Carlinville
Drove alone	82.3%	83.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.2%
Public transit	1.6%	0.1%
Walked	4.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.0%	4.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Carlinville
1-unit, detached	92.1%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Carlinville
Poverty rate	12.7%	25.2%
Average household size	2.90	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1973	1969