Brighton vs Copperton metro township

A side-by-side comparison of Brighton and Copperton metro township: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Copperton metro township has the higher population (865 vs 353 in Brighton). Brighton has the higher median household income ($143,563 vs $77,778 in Copperton metro township). Brighton has the higher median home value ($664,500 vs $375,000 in Copperton metro township).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Copperton metro township
Population	353	865
Median age	43.1 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$143,563	$77,778
Median home value	$664,500	$375,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,358
Housing units	655	295
Homeownership rate	84.0%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Copperton metro township
Population	215 → 353 (+64.2%)	894 → 865 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$117,857 → $143,563 (+21.8%)	$80,909 → $77,778 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$730,300 → $664,500 (-9.0%)	$189,800 → $375,000 (+97.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,086 → $1,358 (+25.0%)

Brighton

Population

215353

Median household income

$117,857$143,563

Median home value

$730,300$664,500

Copperton metro township

Population

894865

Median household income

$80,909$77,778

Median home value

$189,800$375,000

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Copperton metro township
Under 5	5.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	0.8%	23.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	30.3%	17.7%
35 to 44	23.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	8.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.9%
75 and over	4.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Copperton metro township
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	66.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Copperton metro township
No high school diploma	0.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	4.6%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	56.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Copperton metro township
Drove alone	59.9%	58.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	18.2%
Public transit	7.5%	8.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Copperton metro township
1-unit, detached	78.8%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	35.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Copperton metro township
Poverty rate	11.0%	7.1%
Average household size	2.26	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1999	1938