Brighton vs Pinckney

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

Brighton and Pinckney 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 1,920 in Pinckney). Pinckney has the higher median household income ($92,159 vs $81,772 in Brighton). Brighton has the higher median home value ($302,800 vs $251,700 in Pinckney).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Pinckney
Population	7,576	1,920
Median age	46.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,772	$92,159
Median home value	$302,800	$251,700
Median gross rent	$1,248	$995
Housing units	3,967	911
Homeownership rate	66.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Pinckney
Population	7,649 → 7,576 (-1.0%)	2,317 → 1,920 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$63,136 → $81,772 (+29.5%)	$77,281 → $92,159 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$211,600 → $302,800 (+43.1%)	$178,100 → $251,700 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,248 (+17.3%)	$699 → $995 (+42.3%)

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

Pinckney

Population

2,3171,920

Median household income

$77,281$92,159

Median home value

$178,100$251,700

Median gross rent

$699$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Pinckney
Under 5	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.8%
75 and over	13.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Pinckney
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	85.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.2%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Pinckney
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	23.1%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Pinckney
Drove alone	78.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.2%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Pinckney
1-unit, detached	42.8%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	19.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	2.7%
20 or more units	13.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Pinckney
Poverty rate	6.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1985	1992