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.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.90% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 32.00 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.

The percentage of adults in Brighton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.19% of the adults in Brighton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Brighton in 2022 was $33,415, 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 $133,660 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 Polish and German/Yiddish.