Alabama · Census place 0109400
Brighton, Alabama
Brighton is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama with an estimated 2,245 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 171st largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,245
- #171 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -3.7%
- -86 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,581 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Brighton population, 2020 to 2024
Brighton lost 86 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.7%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Brighton covers 1.42 square miles of land, for 1,581 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Brighton is denser than the typical town.
What county Brighton is in
All of Brighton's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 664,744 residents in 2024. Brighton holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Brighton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brighton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35020. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Brighton is
The Census internal point of Brighton is at 33.439600, -86.945400. Montgomery, the capital, is 82.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Midfield, AL (4,930 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 10.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.439600, -86.945400
- DMS
- 33°26'22.56"N 86°56'43.44"W
- UTM
- 16N 505075.1E 3700024.1N
- Geohash
- djfnjx2rc
- Plus code
- 865MC3Q3+RR
Daylight in Brighton
At 33.44° N, Brighton gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Brighton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Lipscomb, 1.5 miles away, with 2,019 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Brighton, AL?
2,245 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 86 (3.7%) from 2,331 in July 2020.
What county is Brighton in?
Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Brighton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35020.
How far is Brighton from Montgomery?
82.4 miles (132.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Brighton.
What is the nearest larger city to Brighton?
Midfield, AL, with 4,930 residents, 1.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.