Work & commute · Brighton

Work & commute in Brighton, NY

Most working residents leave Brighton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (36%), Henrietta (11%) and Pittsford (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,468 of 15,707 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,239 Brighton residents head out of town to work, 1,468 work right here, and 20,328 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brighton.

14,239live here, work elsewhere

1,468live and work here

20,328work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brighton goes to work

Rochester4 mi away

36%5,648

Henrietta5.3 mi away

11%1,691

Brighton (in town)right here

9%1,468

Pittsford4 mi away

4%655

Perinton8.1 mi away

4%617

Greece10.9 mi away

3%489

Gates7.1 mi away

3%439

New York252.7 mi away

2%364

Penfield7.3 mi away

2%352

Victor11.8 mi away

2%304

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%3,680

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Brighton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

77%

14%

77%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brighton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brighton are

21,796 jobs are based in Brighton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brighton

21,796 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Brighton residents hold

15,707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−9%

Jobs based in Brighton, 2013 → 2023: 24,067 → 21,796. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.