Brighton vs Granite

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

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

Granite has the higher population (813 vs 353 in Brighton). Brighton has the higher median household income ($143,563 vs $99,375 in Granite). Granite has the higher median home value ($978,500 vs $664,500 in Brighton).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Granite
Population	353	813
Median age	43.1 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$143,563	$99,375
Median home value	$664,500	$978,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,672
Housing units	655	277
Homeownership rate	84.0%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Granite
Population	215 → 353 (+64.2%)	801 → 813 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$117,857 → $143,563 (+21.8%)	$102,250 → $99,375 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$730,300 → $664,500 (-9.0%)	$642,300 → $978,500 (+52.3%)

Brighton

Population

215353

Median household income

$117,857$143,563

Median home value

$730,300$664,500

Granite

Population

801813

Median household income

$102,250$99,375

Median home value

$642,300$978,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Granite
Under 5	5.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	0.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	30.3%	3.0%
35 to 44	23.5%	7.6%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	21.2%
75 and over	4.5%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Granite
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Granite
No high school diploma	0.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	4.6%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	56.2%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	43.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Granite
Drove alone	59.9%	69.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.8%
Public transit	7.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	27.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Granite
1-unit, detached	78.8%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Granite
Poverty rate	11.0%	2.6%
Average household size	2.26	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1999	1981