Bright vs Hidden Valley

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

Bright and Hidden Valley 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 5,625 in Hidden Valley). Bright has the higher median household income ($111,140 vs $106,071 in Hidden Valley). Hidden Valley has the higher median home value ($267,200 vs $246,600 in Bright).

Population, income & housing

	Bright	Hidden Valley
Population	5,735	5,625
Median age	41.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$111,140	$106,071
Median home value	$246,600	$267,200
Median gross rent	$834	—
Housing units	2,235	1,851
Homeownership rate	90.4%	96.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bright	Hidden Valley
Population	5,816 → 5,735 (-1.4%)	5,531 → 5,625 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$75,942 → $111,140 (+46.3%)	$107,000 → $106,071 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$181,600 → $246,600 (+35.8%)	$195,500 → $267,200 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $834 (+16.6%)	—

Bright

Population

5,8165,735

Median household income

$75,942$111,140

Median home value

$181,600$246,600

Median gross rent

$715$834

Hidden Valley

Population

5,5315,625

Median household income

$107,000$106,071

Median home value

$195,500$267,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bright	Hidden Valley
Under 5	3.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	22.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	16.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	7.0%
75 and over	4.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bright	Hidden Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bright	Hidden Valley
No high school diploma	4.9%	10.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bright	Hidden Valley
Drove alone	74.5%	66.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	21.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	11.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bright	Hidden Valley
1-unit, detached	82.0%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bright	Hidden Valley
Poverty rate	1.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.67	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1994	1993