Brighton is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,881 people and two associated neighborhoods, Brighton is the 178th largest community in Tennessee.Brighton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brighton is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brighton who work in sales jobs (14.55%), healthcare (13.45%), and office and administrative support (9.89%). Also of interest is that Brighton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Brighton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.38% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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. Being a small town, Brighton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Brighton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.45% of the adults in Brighton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Brighton in 2022 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.
