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Brighton

Brighton's rental market is cooling faster than the metro average, while home prices hold steady with a slight dip.

Population
44,966
Brighton covered by 11 underlying areas.
Violent crime
4.7 / 1k
Violent crime has increased 70% since 2021.
Property crime
25.9 / 1k
Property crime has declined 14% since 2021.
Market rent
$2,060
Market rent has increased 26% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Brighton is signaling right now

City-level signals summarize safety, market pressure, quality, and upside without loading the application bundle.

Safety

10/100

Scores in the 10th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

64/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 64th percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

56/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 56th percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Brighton compared with Colorado

Brighton city pages are rolled up from tract-level metrics, then linked into tract pages and city comparison reads so you can move from the citywide pattern into the places driving it.

Violent Crime

4.7 / 1k

5.2 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

25.9 / 1k

31.3 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$2,060

$1,996 state

Permits 12M

0

6,350 state