One downside of living in Brighton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.83 minutes every day commuting to work.
Brighton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Brighton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.45% of adults 25 and older in Brighton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Brighton in 2018 was $29,948, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,792 for a family of four. However, Brighton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Brighton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brighton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brighton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brighton include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Brighton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
