Brilliant vs Gu-Win

A side-by-side comparison of Brilliant and Gu-Win: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brilliant has the higher population (1,078 vs 130 in Gu-Win). Brilliant has the higher median household income ($47,877 vs $41,250 in Gu-Win). Gu-Win has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $55,200 in Brilliant).

Population, income & housing

	Brilliant	Gu-Win
Population	1,078	130
Median age	54.6 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,877	$41,250
Median home value	$55,200	$162,500
Median gross rent	$445	—
Housing units	640	57
Homeownership rate	68.6%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brilliant	Gu-Win
Population	923 → 1,078 (+16.8%)	123 → 130 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$24,643 → $47,877 (+94.3%)	$30,000 → $41,250 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$120,600 → $55,200 (-54.2%)	$86,700 → $162,500 (+87.4%)
Median gross rent	$377 → $445 (+18.0%)	—

Brilliant

Population

9231,078

Median household income

$24,643$47,877

Median home value

$120,600$55,200

Median gross rent

$377$445

Gu-Win

Population

123130

Median household income

$30,000$41,250

Median home value

$86,700$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brilliant	Gu-Win
Under 5	4.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	10.5%	6.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	36.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	3.8%
35 to 44	3.3%	8.5%
45 to 54	20.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	26.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.0%
75 and over	11.1%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brilliant	Gu-Win
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	60.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brilliant	Gu-Win
No high school diploma	19.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	45.1%	64.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brilliant	Gu-Win
Drove alone	80.2%	33.3%
Carpooled	0.9%	62.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	4.0%
Other means	5.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brilliant	Gu-Win
1-unit, detached	64.4%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	35.1%

Poverty & households

	Brilliant	Gu-Win
Poverty rate	35.5%	11.5%
Average household size	1.91	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1969	1992