Brighton vs Rochester Institute of Technology

A side-by-side comparison of Brighton and Rochester Institute of Technology: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brighton has the higher population (36,633 vs 6,339 in Rochester Institute of Technology). Brighton has the higher median household income ($83,723 vs $19,420 in Rochester Institute of Technology). Since 2019, Rochester Institute of Technology's population has grown faster (+12.8% vs +1.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Rochester Institute of Technology
Population	36,633	6,339
Median age	39.1 yrs	19.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,723	$19,420
Median home value	$259,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,272	$981
Housing units	16,966	468
Homeownership rate	56.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.6%	86.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Rochester Institute of Technology
Population	36,272 → 36,633 (+1.0%)	5,622 → 6,339 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$75,807 → $83,723 (+10.4%)	$25,038 → $19,420 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$184,600 → $259,300 (+40.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,049 → $1,272 (+21.3%)	$1,135 → $981 (-13.6%)

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

Rochester Institute of Technology

Population

5,6226,339

Median household income

$25,038$19,420

Median gross rent

$1,135$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Rochester Institute of Technology
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	1.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	94.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	4.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	0.0%
75 and over	10.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Rochester Institute of Technology
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	65.6%
Black or African American	5.6%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	9.6%	20.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Rochester Institute of Technology
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	8.4%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	4.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	71.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Rochester Institute of Technology
Drove alone	69.6%	34.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.8%
Public transit	0.9%	5.7%
Walked	2.0%	38.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	19.5%	11.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Rochester Institute of Technology
1-unit, detached	55.2%	4.7%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	29.3%
5 to 19 units	23.9%	45.5%
20 or more units	10.0%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Rochester Institute of Technology
Poverty rate	8.4%	44.2%
Average household size	2.16	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	17	12
Median year structure built	1959	2001