Brighton vs Fowlerville

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

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

Brighton has the higher population (7,576 vs 2,950 in Fowlerville). Brighton has the higher median household income ($81,772 vs $43,155 in Fowlerville). Brighton has the higher median home value ($302,800 vs $189,000 in Fowlerville).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Fowlerville
Population	7,576	2,950
Median age	46.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,772	$43,155
Median home value	$302,800	$189,000
Median gross rent	$1,248	$1,008
Housing units	3,967	1,337
Homeownership rate	66.7%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.3%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Fowlerville
Population	7,649 → 7,576 (-1.0%)	2,881 → 2,950 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$63,136 → $81,772 (+29.5%)	$49,583 → $43,155 (-13.0%)
Median home value	$211,600 → $302,800 (+43.1%)	$128,500 → $189,000 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,248 (+17.3%)	$746 → $1,008 (+35.1%)

Brighton

Population

7,6497,576

Median household income

$63,136$81,772

Median home value

$211,600$302,800

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,248

Fowlerville

Population

2,8812,950

Median household income

$49,583$43,155

Median home value

$128,500$189,000

Median gross rent

$746$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Fowlerville
Under 5	4.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	10.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	6.6%
75 and over	13.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Fowlerville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	95.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Fowlerville
No high school diploma	3.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	23.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Fowlerville
Drove alone	78.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Fowlerville
1-unit, detached	42.8%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	19.5%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	8.7%
20 or more units	13.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Fowlerville
Poverty rate	6.1%	15.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1985	1974