Tennessee · Census place 4708500
Brighton, Tennessee
Brighton is a town in Tipton County, Tennessee with an estimated 2,904 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 138th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,904
- #138 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +0.7%
- +20 people
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Density
- 899 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Brighton population, 2020 to 2024
Brighton added 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +29.
Brighton covers 3.23 square miles of land, for 899 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Brighton is close to the typical town.
What county Brighton is in
All of Brighton's residents live in Tipton County, which had 62,187 residents in 2024. Brighton holds 4.7% 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 town's land: 38011. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Brighton is
The Census internal point of Brighton is at 35.480300, -89.734700. Nashville, the capital, is 172.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atoka, TN (10,624 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 28.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.480300, -89.734700
- DMS
- 35°28'49.08"N 89°44'4.92"W
- UTM
- 16N 251890.1E 3929746.9N
- Geohash
- dn21y4cpt
- Plus code
- 867GF7J8+44
Daylight in Brighton
At 35.48° N, Brighton gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 48 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 Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Atoka, 4.7 miles away, with 10,624 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Brighton, TN?
2,904 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 20 (0.7%) from 2,884 in July 2020.
What county is Brighton in?
Tipton 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: 38011.
How far is Brighton from Nashville?
172.0 miles (276.7 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Brighton.
What is the nearest larger city to Brighton?
Atoka, TN, with 10,624 residents, 4.7 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.