Bright vs Greendale

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

Bright and Greendale 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 4,176 in Greendale). Bright has the higher median household income ($111,140 vs $78,912 in Greendale). Bright has the higher median home value ($246,600 vs $184,300 in Greendale).

Population, income & housing

	Bright	Greendale
Population	5,735	4,176
Median age	41.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,140	$78,912
Median home value	$246,600	$184,300
Median gross rent	$834	$577
Housing units	2,235	1,849
Homeownership rate	90.4%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bright	Greendale
Population	5,816 → 5,735 (-1.4%)	4,279 → 4,176 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$75,942 → $111,140 (+46.3%)	$61,484 → $78,912 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$181,600 → $246,600 (+35.8%)	$131,900 → $184,300 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $834 (+16.6%)	$685 → $577 (-15.8%)

Bright

Population

5,8165,735

Median household income

$75,942$111,140

Median home value

$181,600$246,600

Median gross rent

$715$834

Greendale

Population

4,2794,176

Median household income

$61,484$78,912

Median home value

$131,900$184,300

Median gross rent

$685$577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bright	Greendale
Under 5	3.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	6.5%
75 and over	4.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bright	Greendale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bright	Greendale
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bright	Greendale
Drove alone	74.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	13.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	3.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bright	Greendale
1-unit, detached	82.0%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bright	Greendale
Poverty rate	1.9%	10.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1994	1958