Brilliant vs Guin

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

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

Guin has the higher population (2,469 vs 1,078 in Brilliant). Brilliant has the higher median household income ($47,877 vs $47,358 in Guin). Guin has the higher median home value ($111,400 vs $55,200 in Brilliant).

Population, income & housing

	Brilliant	Guin
Population	1,078	2,469
Median age	54.6 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,877	$47,358
Median home value	$55,200	$111,400
Median gross rent	$445	—
Housing units	640	1,041
Homeownership rate	68.6%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	19.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brilliant	Guin
Population	923 → 1,078 (+16.8%)	2,684 → 2,469 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$24,643 → $47,877 (+94.3%)	$24,444 → $47,358 (+93.7%)
Median home value	$120,600 → $55,200 (-54.2%)	$92,200 → $111,400 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$377 → $445 (+18.0%)	$338 → $612 (+81.1%)

Brilliant

Population

9231,078

Median household income

$24,643$47,877

Median home value

$120,600$55,200

Median gross rent

$377$445

Guin

Population

2,6842,469

Median household income

$24,444$47,358

Median home value

$92,200$111,400

Median gross rent

$338$612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brilliant	Guin
Under 5	4.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	3.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	20.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	26.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	15.4%
75 and over	11.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brilliant	Guin
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brilliant	Guin
No high school diploma	19.5%	11.2%
High school graduate	45.1%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brilliant	Guin
Drove alone	80.2%	88.0%
Carpooled	0.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	2.7%
Other means	5.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brilliant	Guin
1-unit, detached	64.4%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Brilliant	Guin
Poverty rate	35.5%	14.9%
Average household size	1.91	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1969	1976