Atoka vs Brighton

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

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

Atoka has the higher population (10,237 vs 2,865 in Brighton). Atoka has the higher median household income ($86,922 vs $77,589 in Brighton). Atoka has the higher median home value ($283,500 vs $190,500 in Brighton).

Population, income & housing

	Atoka	Brighton
Population	10,237	2,865
Median age	39.1 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,922	$77,589
Median home value	$283,500	$190,500
Median gross rent	$1,279	$1,104
Housing units	3,850	1,196
Homeownership rate	84.3%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atoka	Brighton
Population	9,241 → 10,237 (+10.8%)	2,928 → 2,865 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$91,687 → $86,922 (-5.2%)	$59,726 → $77,589 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$195,200 → $283,500 (+45.2%)	$135,900 → $190,500 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,186 → $1,279 (+7.8%)	$986 → $1,104 (+12.0%)

Atoka

Population

9,24110,237

Median household income

$91,687$86,922

Median home value

$195,200$283,500

Median gross rent

$1,186$1,279

Brighton

Population

2,9282,865

Median household income

$59,726$77,589

Median home value

$135,900$190,500

Median gross rent

$986$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atoka	Brighton
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	22.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	17.4%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.9%
75 and over	3.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atoka	Brighton
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	76.9%
Black or African American	11.0%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atoka	Brighton
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	29.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atoka	Brighton
Drove alone	86.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	10.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atoka	Brighton
1-unit, detached	93.8%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Atoka	Brighton
Poverty rate	6.6%	14.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	2000	1998