Bright vs Dillsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Bright and Dillsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Bright and Dillsboro are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bright has the higher population (5,735 vs 1,809 in Dillsboro). Bright has the higher median household income ($111,140 vs $46,591 in Dillsboro). Bright has the higher median home value ($246,600 vs $137,700 in Dillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Bright	Dillsboro
Population	5,735	1,809
Median age	41.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,140	$46,591
Median home value	$246,600	$137,700
Median gross rent	$834	$940
Housing units	2,235	765
Homeownership rate	90.4%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bright	Dillsboro
Population	5,816 → 5,735 (-1.4%)	1,569 → 1,809 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$75,942 → $111,140 (+46.3%)	$40,341 → $46,591 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$181,600 → $246,600 (+35.8%)	$102,000 → $137,700 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $834 (+16.6%)	$779 → $940 (+20.7%)

Bright

Population

5,8165,735

Median household income

$75,942$111,140

Median home value

$181,600$246,600

Median gross rent

$715$834

Dillsboro

Population

1,5691,809

Median household income

$40,341$46,591

Median home value

$102,000$137,700

Median gross rent

$779$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bright	Dillsboro
Under 5	3.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.1%	7.2%
75 and over	4.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bright	Dillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bright	Dillsboro
No high school diploma	4.9%	14.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bright	Dillsboro
Drove alone	74.5%	72.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	14.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	3.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bright	Dillsboro
1-unit, detached	82.0%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bright	Dillsboro
Poverty rate	1.9%	19.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1994	1963