Brighton vs Crawfordsville

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

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

Brighton has the higher population (655 vs 322 in Crawfordsville). Crawfordsville has the higher median household income ($73,929 vs $55,000 in Brighton). Brighton has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $87,000 in Crawfordsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Crawfordsville
Population	655	322
Median age	37.9 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$73,929
Median home value	$87,700	$87,000
Median gross rent	$698	$621
Housing units	253	112
Homeownership rate	68.8%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Crawfordsville
Population	723 → 655 (-9.4%)	353 → 322 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$48,906 → $55,000 (+12.5%)	$56,406 → $73,929 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$70,700 → $87,700 (+24.0%)	$75,000 → $87,000 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $698 (-9.9%)	$779 → $621 (-20.3%)

Brighton

Population

723655

Median household income

$48,906$55,000

Median home value

$70,700$87,700

Median gross rent

$775$698

Crawfordsville

Population

353322

Median household income

$56,406$73,929

Median home value

$75,000$87,000

Median gross rent

$779$621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Crawfordsville
Under 5	13.3%	10.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	18.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	6.8%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.7%
75 and over	7.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Crawfordsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	78.6%
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	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Crawfordsville
No high school diploma	18.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Crawfordsville
Drove alone	79.3%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Crawfordsville
1-unit, detached	72.7%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Crawfordsville
Poverty rate	23.7%	7.5%
Average household size	2.73	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1954	1938