Brighton, Wisconsin

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Population in July 2007: 1,573.

Males: 814	(51.8%)
Females: 759	(48.2%)

Median resident age:	39.2 years
Wisconsin median age:	36.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2008: $82,096 (it was $70,078 in 2000)

Brighton:	$82,096
Wisconsin:	$52,094

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $33,617

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $306,216 (it was $190,800 in 2000)

Brighton:	$306,216
Wisconsin:	$173,300

Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $384,660; Detached houses: $417,677; Townhouses or other attached units: $168,106; Mobile homes: $19,848

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Races in Brighton:

White Non-Hispanic (95.9%)
Hispanic (2.1%)
Two or more races (1.2%)
American Indian (0.9%)
Other race (0.6%)

Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Brighton: 104.2 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (44.8%), Irish (14.8%), English (8.9%), Polish (8.6%), French (6.3%), Italian (5.7%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 810 feet

Land area: 35.8 square miles.

Population density: 44 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Brighton

High school or higher: 90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 7.4%
Unemployed: 2.4%
Mean travel time to work: 30.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Brighton town

Never married: 22.6%
Now married: 65.5%
Separated: 0.4%
Widowed: 3.7%
Divorced: 7.8%

13 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.9%
Wisconsin:	3.6%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in May 2009.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Brighton:	1.4% ($2,716)
Wisconsin:	2.0% ($2,245)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kenosha, WI (14.3 miles , pop. 90,352).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Milwaukee, WI (31.4 miles , pop. 596,974).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (58.2 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Paddock Lake, WI (1.7 miles ), Silver Lake, WI (2.3 miles ), Paris, WI (2.4 miles ), Eagle Lake, WI (2.4 miles ), Wheatland, WI (2.4 miles ), Union Grove, WI (2.5 miles ), Salem, WI (2.5 miles ), Camp Lake, WI (2.5 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 8 buildings, average cost: $195,200
1997: 11 buildings, average cost: $137,100
1998: 16 buildings, average cost: $198,400
1999: 10 buildings, average cost: $186,700
2000: 12 buildings, average cost: $187,800
2001: 6 buildings, average cost: $172,100
2002: 8 buildings, average cost: $226,900
2003: 9 buildings, average cost: $227,600
2004: 11 buildings, average cost: $279,400
2005: 3 buildings, average cost: $208,700
2006: 5 buildings, average cost: $487,100
2007: 5 buildings, average cost: $355,500
2008: 5 buildings, average cost: $402,300

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Average cost (in $1000s)

Latitude: 42.62 N, Longitude: 88.12 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 262

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Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (20%)
Metal and metal products (10%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
Chemicals (4%)
Machinery (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)
Transportation equipment (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (13%)
Educational services (11%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
Chemicals (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Farmers and farm managers (7%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)

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Brighton, Wisconsin average temperatures

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Brighton-area historical tornado activity is above Wisconsin state average. It is 79% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/28/1972, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 22.6 miles away from the Brighton town center injured 20 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 tornado 23.4 miles away from the town center killed 6 people and injured 75 people.

Brighton-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 99% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/28/2004 at 06:10:52, a magnitude 4.2 (4.0 MB, 4.2 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 89.3 miles away from Brighton center
On 9/2/1999 at 16:17:29, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 91.3 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Brighton:

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORP OF BURLINGTON (about 9 miles; BURLINGTON, WI)
AURORA MEDICAL CTR KENOSHA (about 13 miles; KENOSHA, WI)
LAKEVIEW NEUROREHAB CTR MIDWEST 272 (about 14 miles; WATERFORD, WI)

Amtrak station near Brighton:

13 miles: STURTEVANT (2904 WISCONSIN ST.). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Brighton:

GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 13 miles; KENOSHA, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,575)
COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY (about 20 miles; GRAYSLAKE, IL; FT enrollment: 6,973)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE (about 24 miles; KENOSHA, WI; FT enrollment: 3,945)
CARROLL COLLEGE (about 27 miles; WAUKESHA, WI; FT enrollment: 2,332)
MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; CRYSTAL LAKE, IL; FT enrollment: 2,707)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE (about 29 miles; MILWAUKEE, WI; FT enrollment: 18,994)
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; MILWAUKEE, WI; FT enrollment: 9,589)

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Notable location: Union League Boys Camp (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Church in Brighton: Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemetery: Saint Francis Xavier Church Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Lakes: Flanagan Lake (A), League Lake (B), Friendship Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Brighton: Brighton Dale Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This town:	2.9 people
Wisconsin:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	79.8%
Whole state:	66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	4.4%
Whole state:	5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This town:	1.9%
Whole state:	8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This town:	0.6%
Whole state:	3.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Brighton, WI

Brighton compared to Wisconsin state average:

Median household income above state average.
Median house value above state average.
Unemployed percentage below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Kenosha County Wisconsin:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (56%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%) Electricity (4%) Wood (2%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Religion statistics for Brighton

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 48.19%

Here		48.2%
USA		50.2%

Adherents

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.

Name	Catholic Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Muslim Estimate	United Methodist Church
Adherents	61.5%	11.6%	4.4%	3.3%	3.0%
Congregations	16.3%	9.8%	7.6%	2.2%	10.9%

Name	Assemblies of God	Southern Baptist Convention	North American Baptist Conference	Lutheran Church	Other
Adherents	3.0%	1.7%	1.4%	1.0%	9.2%
Congregations	3.3%	5.4%	3.3%	3.3%	38.0%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

6.54% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,827 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.54%
Wisconsin average:	6.06%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($508 average AGI)
Kenosha County: 0.09%
Wisconsin average: 0.08%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Lake County, IL	1.94% ($44,480 average AGI)
from Racine County, WI	0.91% ($38,998)
from Cook County, IL	0.55% ($52,063)

6.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($40,677 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.52%
Wisconsin average:	6.22%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($364 average AGI)
Kenosha County: 0.07%
Wisconsin average: 0.04%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Racine County, WI	1.16% ($38,913 average AGI)
to Lake County, IL	0.94% ($41,573)
to Milwaukee County, WI	0.49% ($36,510)

Strongest AM radio stations in Brighton:

WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
WAUK (1510 AM; daytime; 10 kW; WAUKESHA, WI; Owner: WALT-WEST WISCONSIN, INC.)
WOKY (920 AM; 5 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
WMCS (1290 AM; 5 kW; GREENFIELD, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE RADIO ALLIANCE, LLC)
WEMP (1250 AM; 5 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MILWAUKEE LICENSE, LLC)
WKSH (1640 AM; 10 kW; SUSSEX, WI; Owner: ABC, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Brighton:

WKKV-FM (100.7 FM; RACINE, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WWDV (96.9 FM; ZION, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
WEZY (92.1 FM; RACINE, WI; Owner: RACINE BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
WIIL (95.1 FM; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WFZH (105.3 FM; MUKWONAGO, WI; Owner: CARON BROADCASTING, INC.)
WJZI (93.3 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE RADIO ALLIANCE, LLC)
WEXT (104.7 FM; STURTEVANT, WI; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WMIL-FM (106.1 FM; WAUKESHA, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WKTI-FM (94.5 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WLKG (96.1 FM; LAKE GENEVA, WI; Owner: CTJ COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
WLTQ (97.3 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WVCY-FM (107.7 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: VCY AMERICA, INC.)
WUWM (89.7 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM)
WXSS (103.7 FM; WAUWATOSA, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MILWAUKEE LICENSE, LLC)
WKLH (96.5 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: LAKEFRONT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WHAD (90.7 FM; DELAFIELD, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
WMWK (88.1 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
WMYX-FM (99.1 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MILWAUKEE LICENSE, LLC)
WZSR (105.5 FM; WOODSTOCK, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WLUM-FM (102.1 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE RADIO ALLIANCE, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Brighton:

W64CQ (Channel 64; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WJJA (Channel 49; RACINE, WI; Owner: TV-49, INC.)
W34CK (Channel 34; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL; Owner: FIRST UNITED, INC.)
WPXE (Channel 55; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: PAXSON MILWAUKEE LICENSE, INC.)
WMVS (Channel 10; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD)
WMVT (Channel 36; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD)
WDJT-TV (Channel 58; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WDJT-TV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WISN-TV (Channel 12; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WISN HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC. (CA CORP.))
WLS-TV (Channel 7; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS TELEVISION, INC.)
WCGV-TV (Channel 24; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WCGV LICENSEE, LLC)
WMAQ-TV (Channel 5; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: NBC SUBSIDIARY (WMAQ-TV), INC.)
WTTW (Channel 11; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WGBO-TV (Channel 66; JOLIET, IL; Owner: WGBO LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
WVTV (Channel 18; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WVTV LICENSEE, INC.)
WTMJ-TV (Channel 4; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WMLW-CA (Channel 46; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CHANNEL 41 AND 63 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
W63CU (Channel 63; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CHANNEL 41 AND 63 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WVCY-TV (Channel 30; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: VCY AMERICA, INC.)
WMKE-CA (Channel 7; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: KM LPTV OF MILWAUKEE, L.L.C.)
WPWR-TV (Channel 50; GARY, IN; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
WXFT (Channel 60; AURORA, IL; Owner: TELEFUTURA CHICAGO LLC)
WCIU-TV (Channel 26; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WCIU-TV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WCPX (Channel 38; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: PAXSON CHICAGO LICENSE, INC.)
WITI (Channel 6; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WITI LICENSE,INC.)
WSNS-TV (Channel 44; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: TELEMUNDO OF CHICAGO, INC.)

FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1

232nd Avenue, Structure height: 96 m, Call Sign: KNKA602
Assigned Frequencies : 869.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 845.010 MHz
Grant Date: 12/16/2008, Expiration Date: 11/27/2018
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave, Nw, Ste. 100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2

Kyle B Entz, 1271 224th Ave, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 103.6 m
Gene Purcell, 1.72 Mi S Of Cth P On Cth F, Type: Tower, Structure height: 152.1 m, Overall height: 152.1 m
Registrant: State Of Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, N10127 - 600th St., Colfax, WI 54730, Phone: (715) 632-2827, Email:

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1

UNITY, N Of Hwy 153 On Cty F, Type: Tower, Structure height: 152.1 m, Call Sign: WQHL593
Assigned Frequencies : 934.175 MHz
Grant Date: 08/31/2007, Expiration Date: 08/31/2017, Certifier: Diane K Miller
Registrant: Wisconsin Dot State Patrol, Madison, WI 53707-7912, Phone: (608) 267-9763, Fax: (608) 267-4495, Email:

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 1
Service Call: 1
Good Intent Call: 1

Brighton on our top lists:

#41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (8-hour) air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
#48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"

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