Brighton vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (1,040 vs 655 in Brighton). Riverside has the higher median household income ($81,094 vs $55,000 in Brighton). Riverside has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $87,700 in Brighton).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Riverside
Population	655	1,040
Median age	37.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$81,094
Median home value	$87,700	$191,100
Median gross rent	$698	$800
Housing units	253	516
Homeownership rate	68.8%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Riverside
Population	723 → 655 (-9.4%)	1,115 → 1,040 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$48,906 → $55,000 (+12.5%)	$62,772 → $81,094 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$70,700 → $87,700 (+24.0%)	$152,400 → $191,100 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $698 (-9.9%)	$705 → $800 (+13.5%)

Brighton

Population

723655

Median household income

$48,906$55,000

Median home value

$70,700$87,700

Median gross rent

$775$698

Riverside

Population

1,1151,040

Median household income

$62,772$81,094

Median home value

$152,400$191,100

Median gross rent

$705$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Riverside
Under 5	13.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	18.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	6.9%
75 and over	7.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Riverside
No high school diploma	18.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	33.9%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Riverside
Drove alone	79.3%	86.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	8.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Riverside
1-unit, detached	72.7%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Riverside
Poverty rate	23.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1954	1972