Brighton vs Emigration Canyon metro township

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

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

Emigration Canyon metro township has the higher population (1,465 vs 353 in Brighton). Emigration Canyon metro township has the higher median household income ($184,722 vs $143,563 in Brighton). Emigration Canyon metro township has the higher median home value ($959,100 vs $664,500 in Brighton).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Emigration Canyon metro township
Population	353	1,465
Median age	43.1 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$143,563	$184,722
Median home value	$664,500	$959,100
Median gross rent	—	$2,286
Housing units	655	619
Homeownership rate	84.0%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	75.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Emigration Canyon metro township
Population	215 → 353 (+64.2%)	1,976 → 1,465 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$117,857 → $143,563 (+21.8%)	$127,625 → $184,722 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$730,300 → $664,500 (-9.0%)	$697,000 → $959,100 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,459 → $2,286 (+56.7%)

Brighton

Population

215353

Median household income

$117,857$143,563

Median home value

$730,300$664,500

Emigration Canyon metro township

Population

1,9761,465

Median household income

$127,625$184,722

Median home value

$697,000$959,100

Median gross rent

$1,459$2,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Emigration Canyon metro township
Under 5	5.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	0.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	30.3%	7.0%
35 to 44	23.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	7.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	18.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	19.7%
75 and over	4.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Emigration Canyon metro township
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Emigration Canyon metro township
No high school diploma	0.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	4.6%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	56.2%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	44.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Emigration Canyon metro township
Drove alone	59.9%	66.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	9.6%
Public transit	7.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	27.4%	23.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Emigration Canyon metro township
1-unit, detached	78.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Emigration Canyon metro township
Poverty rate	11.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1999	1990