Bear Creek vs Brilliant

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Creek and Brilliant: population, income, housing, and more.

Bear Creek and Brilliant are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bear Creek has the higher population (1,317 vs 1,078 in Brilliant). Brilliant has the higher median household income ($47,877 vs $36,250 in Bear Creek). Bear Creek has the higher median home value ($95,300 vs $55,200 in Brilliant).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek	Brilliant
Population	1,317	1,078
Median age	41.3 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$47,877
Median home value	$95,300	$55,200
Median gross rent	$640	$445
Housing units	520	640
Homeownership rate	81.1%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek	Brilliant
Population	1,205 → 1,317 (+9.3%)	923 → 1,078 (+16.8%)
Median household income	$33,462 → $36,250 (+8.3%)	$24,643 → $47,877 (+94.3%)
Median home value	$51,400 → $95,300 (+85.4%)	$120,600 → $55,200 (-54.2%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $640 (+12.7%)	$377 → $445 (+18.0%)

Bear Creek

Population

1,2051,317

Median household income

$33,462$36,250

Median home value

$51,400$95,300

Median gross rent

$568$640

Brilliant

Population

9231,078

Median household income

$24,643$47,877

Median home value

$120,600$55,200

Median gross rent

$377$445

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek	Brilliant
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	10.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	17.8%	3.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	20.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	26.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.4%
75 and over	3.0%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek	Brilliant
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek	Brilliant
No high school diploma	29.6%	19.5%
High school graduate	37.0%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek	Brilliant
Drove alone	88.6%	80.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	13.2%
Other means	2.6%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek	Brilliant
1-unit, detached	58.3%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek	Brilliant
Poverty rate	14.6%	35.5%
Average household size	2.89	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1977	1969