Town of Brighton

25000 Burlington Road

P.O. Box 249

Kansasville WI 53139

Telephone: (262) 878-2218

Fax: (262) 878-5489

e-mail townofbrighton@wi.net

Town Office Hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Town Board meets 2nd Monday of each month at the Brighton Town Hall, 7:30 P.M

Board Members

Chairman: Thomas W. Kerkman (262) 878-4826

Supervisor: Jerry Helmert (262) 878-1043

Supervisor: Edward John Wagner (262) 843-2181

Clerk-Treasurer: Linda Perona (262) 878-2222

Assessor: Rocco Vita (Hours:M -F,8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) (262) 925-6707

Building Inspector: Don Fox (Hours: M-F, 6 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.) (262) 878-3358

County Board Supervisors

District 19: Mark Wisnefski

District 24: TBA

Municipal Services
Town of Brighton Mu

Population (year 2000): 90,352. Estimated population in July 2006: 96,240 (+6.5 percent change)
Males: 44,422 (49.2 percent)
Females: 45,930 (50.8 percent)

Kenosha County
Median resident age: 33.6 years
Wisconsin median age: 36.0 years

Zip codes: 53140, 53142, 53143, 53144.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $46,888 (it was $41,902 in 2000)
Kenosha $46,888
Wisconsin: $47,105

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $149,500 (it was $108,000 in 2000)
Kenosha $149,500
Wisconsin: $152,600

Median gross rent in 2005: $704.

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2005: 11.1 percent

Races in Kenosha:
White Non-Hispanic (79.3 percent)
Hispanic (10.0 percent)
Black (7.7 percent)
Other race (4.8 percent)
Two or more races (2.4 percent)
American Indian (1.0 percent)
(Total can be greater than 100 percent because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries:
German (31.6 percent)
Italian (11.9 percent)
Irish (11.5 percent)
Polish (8.5 percent)
English (7.2 percent)
French (4.2 percent).

Incorporated in 1850

Elevation: 620 feet

Land area: 23.8 square miles.

Population density: 4013 people per square mile (average).

For population 25 years and over in Kenosha:
High school or higher: 81.8 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 18.2 percent
Graduate or professional degree: 6.4 percent
Unemployed: 6.2 percent

Mean travel time to work: 23.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Kenosha city:
Never married: 28.3 percent
Now married: 51.5 percent
Separated: 2.0 percent
Widowed: 6.9 percent
Divorced: 11.4 percent

5,325 residents are foreign born (3.0 percent Latin America, 1.9 percent Europe, 0.9 percent Asia).
This city: 5.9 percent
Wisconsin: 3.6 percent

According to our research there were 287 registered sex offenders living in Kenosha, Wisconsin in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Kenosha to the number of sex offenders is 333 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $3,137 (2.1 percent)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $3,032 (2.1 percent)

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Milwaukee, WI (33.4 miles , pop. 596,974).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (52.5 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Somers, WI (3.2 miles ), Pleasant Prairie, WI (3.4 miles ), Winthrop Harbor, IL (6.9 miles ), Elmwood Park, WI (7.7 miles ), Mount Pleasant, WI (8.8 miles ), Sturtevant, WI (8.9 miles ), Zion, IL (8.9 miles ), Racine, WI (10.3 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:
1996: 159 buildings, average cost: $95,100
1997: 136 buildings, average cost: $104,500
1998: 175 buildings, average cost: $113,700
1999: 237 buildings, average cost: $115,700
2000: 233 buildings, average cost: $105,400
2001: 209 buildings, average cost: $119,700
2002: 227 buildings, average cost: $120,200
2004: 326 buildings, average cost: $165,400
2005: 375 buildings, average cost: $163,600
2006: 358 buildings, average cost: $175,500
2007: 295 buildings, average cost: $186,100

Latitude: 42.58 N, Longitude: 87.85 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -8,045 (-8.9 percent)

Workers who live and work in this city: 21,164 (50.0 percent)

People in group quarters in Kenosha
1048 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
781 people in nursing homes
564 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
155 people in homes for the mentally ill
151 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
108 people in state prisons
56 people in homes for the mentally retarded
53 people in other group homes
27 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
24 people in religious group quarters
5 people in military barracks, etc.
4 people in institutions for the blind
4 people in homes for the physically handicapped

Area code: 262

Population change in the 1990s: +8,997 (+11.1 percent).

Unemployment in September 2007:
Here: 5.6 percent
Wisconsin: 4.6 percent

Most common industries for males:
Construction (9 percent)
Accommodation and food services (6 percent)
Metal and metal products (6 percent)
Educational services (5 percent)
Transportation equipment (5 percent)
Chemicals (5 percent)
Machinery (4 percent)

Most common industries for females:
Health care (17 percent)
Educational services (12 percent)
Accommodation and food services (8 percent)
Finance and insurance (4 percent)
Social assistance (4 percent)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4 percent)
Public administration (3 percent)

Most common occupations for males
Other production occupations including supervisors (9 percent)
Metal workers and plastic workers (7 percent)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4 percent)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4 percent)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4 percent)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4 percent)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4 percent)

Most common occupations for females
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6 percent)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6 percent)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4 percent)
Cashiers (4 percent)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4 percent)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4 percent)
Registered nurses (3 percent)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 197 (186 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here: 1.95
U.S. city average: 3.00

Average household size:
This city: 2.5 people
Wisconsin: 2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city: 65.5 percent
Whole state: 66.5 percent

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city: 6.8 percent
Whole state: 5.7 percent

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.2 percent of all households
Gay men: 0.2 percent of all households

Kenosha compared to Wisconsin state average:
Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage above state average.

2004 Presidential Election results in Kenosha County Wisconsin:
Bush / Cheney (Rep.) (47 percent)
Kerry / Edwards (Dem.) (52 percent)
Other (1 percent)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (83 percent)
Electricity (13 percent)
Other (5 percent)

6.54 percent of this county’s 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,827 average adjusted gross income)
Wisconsin average: 6.06 percent

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

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Lake County, IL 1.94 percent ($44,480 average AGI)
from Racine County, WI 0.91 percent ($38,998)
from Cook County, IL 0.55 percent ($52,063)

6.52 percent of this county’s 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($40,677 average adjusted gross income)
Wisconsin average: 6.22 percent

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

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Racine County, WI 1.16 percent ($38,913 average AGI)
to Lake County, IL 0.94 percent ($41,573)
to Milwaukee County, WI 0.49 percent ($36,510)