Photo: runt35 · CC BY 3.0A job hub: Brighton has 5.6 jobs per working resident, and 1,206 people come in to work
Brighton has 1,220 jobs for 218 working residents. Only 6% work in Brighton; the top destination outside it is Salt Lake City (22%, 20 miles). 34% of workers work from home, against 18% across Utah.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Brighton: the gist
Brighton fills up on a workday
Brighton has 1,220 jobs, 5.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 3 times the 430 who live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Brighton pay little
56% of the jobs based in Brighton pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 52% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Brighton have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Brighton went from 355 in 2013 to 1,220 in 2023, +244%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How many people are in Brighton by day
On a workday 204 residents head out to work and 14 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Brighton on a workday afternoon, 234% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brighton, 2013 → 2023: 355 → 1,220. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Brighton’s workforce comes from
Where Brighton clocks in
22% of workers
12% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Brighton’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brighton workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 139 commuters (the 34% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Brighton to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Brighton and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Brighton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Brighton: questions
What is the median household income in Brighton?
$148,139 (±$15,375) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brighton?
14.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brighton?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brighton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (22%, 20 mi), Sandy (12%, 13 mi), Cottonwood Heights (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brighton without a car?
15% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brighton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brighton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.