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

Brighton has the higher population (2,536 vs 1,979 in Mount Olive). Brighton has the higher median household income ($74,327 vs $55,139 in Mount Olive). Brighton has the higher median home value ($123,000 vs $96,600 in Mount Olive).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Mount Olive
Population	2,536	1,979
Median age	37.2 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,327	$55,139
Median home value	$123,000	$96,600
Median gross rent	$955	$698
Housing units	985	1,057
Homeownership rate	84.2%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Mount Olive
Population	2,272 → 2,536 (+11.6%)	2,062 → 1,979 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$63,906 → $74,327 (+16.3%)	$50,865 → $55,139 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$102,700 → $123,000 (+19.8%)	$73,700 → $96,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $955 (+33.6%)	$690 → $698 (+1.2%)

Brighton

Population

2,2722,536

Median household income

$63,906$74,327

Median home value

$102,700$123,000

Median gross rent

$715$955

Mount Olive

Population

2,0621,979

Median household income

$50,865$55,139

Median home value

$73,700$96,600

Median gross rent

$690$698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Mount Olive
Under 5	6.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	11.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	3.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	19.7%
75 and over	6.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	8.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	43.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Mount Olive
Drove alone	82.3%	96.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	1.4%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	92.1%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	12.7%	14.8%
Average household size	2.90	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1973	1949