Brighton vs Irondequoit

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

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

Irondequoit has the higher population (50,438 vs 36,633 in Brighton). Brighton has the higher median household income ($83,723 vs $76,871 in Irondequoit). Brighton has the higher median home value ($259,300 vs $169,000 in Irondequoit).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Irondequoit
Population	36,633	50,438
Median age	39.1 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,723	$76,871
Median home value	$259,300	$169,000
Median gross rent	$1,272	$1,110
Housing units	16,966	23,457
Homeownership rate	56.3%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.6%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Irondequoit
Population	36,272 → 36,633 (+1.0%)	50,302 → 50,438 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$75,807 → $83,723 (+10.4%)	$62,225 → $76,871 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$184,600 → $259,300 (+40.5%)	$123,800 → $169,000 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,049 → $1,272 (+21.3%)	$909 → $1,110 (+22.1%)

Brighton

Population

36,27236,633

Median household income

$75,807$83,723

Median home value

$184,600$259,300

Median gross rent

$1,049$1,272

Irondequoit

Population

50,30250,438

Median household income

$62,225$76,871

Median home value

$123,800$169,000

Median gross rent

$909$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Irondequoit
Under 5	4.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.6%
75 and over	10.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Irondequoit
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	74.5%
Black or African American	5.6%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Irondequoit
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	8.4%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Irondequoit
Drove alone	69.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	2.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.5%	12.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Irondequoit
1-unit, detached	55.2%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	23.9%	8.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Irondequoit
Poverty rate	8.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1959	1955