Alta vs Brighton

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

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

Brighton has the higher population (353 vs 337 in Alta). Alta has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $664,500 in Brighton). Since 2019, Brighton's population has grown faster (+64.2% vs -15.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Alta	Brighton
Population	337	353
Median age	30.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$143,563
Median home value	$2,000,001	$664,500
Housing units	227	655
Homeownership rate	31.8%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta	Brighton
Population	398 → 337 (-15.3%)	215 → 353 (+64.2%)
Median household income	$64,250 → $52,917 (-17.6%)	$117,857 → $143,563 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$1,196,400 → $2,000,001 (+67.2%)	$730,300 → $664,500 (-9.0%)
Median gross rent	$438 → $434 (-0.9%)	—

Alta

Population

398337

Median household income

$64,250$52,917

Median home value

$1,196,400$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$438$434

Brighton

Population

215353

Median household income

$117,857$143,563

Median home value

$730,300$664,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta	Brighton
Under 5	2.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	1.8%	0.8%
18 to 24	39.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	29.1%	30.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	23.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.6%
55 to 64	6.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	1.5%	8.8%
75 and over	1.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta	Brighton
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	87.8%
Black or African American	25.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta	Brighton
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.9%
High school graduate	48.9%	4.6%
Some college or associate's	7.9%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta	Brighton
Drove alone	6.8%	59.9%
Carpooled	1.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	7.5%
Walked	42.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	47.1%	27.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta	Brighton
1-unit, detached	60.8%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	11.5%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Alta	Brighton
Poverty rate	45.4%	11.0%
Average household size	1.86	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1987	1999