Brilliant vs Hackleburg

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

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

Hackleburg has the higher population (1,642 vs 1,078 in Brilliant). Brilliant has the higher median household income ($47,877 vs $43,854 in Hackleburg). Hackleburg has the higher median home value ($97,300 vs $55,200 in Brilliant).

Population, income & housing

	Brilliant	Hackleburg
Population	1,078	1,642
Median age	54.6 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,877	$43,854
Median home value	$55,200	$97,300
Median gross rent	$445	$575
Housing units	640	757
Homeownership rate	68.6%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brilliant	Hackleburg
Population	923 → 1,078 (+16.8%)	1,307 → 1,642 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$24,643 → $47,877 (+94.3%)	$32,917 → $43,854 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$120,600 → $55,200 (-54.2%)	$85,300 → $97,300 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$377 → $445 (+18.0%)	$542 → $575 (+6.1%)

Brilliant

Population

9231,078

Median household income

$24,643$47,877

Median home value

$120,600$55,200

Median gross rent

$377$445

Hackleburg

Population

1,3071,642

Median household income

$32,917$43,854

Median home value

$85,300$97,300

Median gross rent

$542$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brilliant	Hackleburg
Under 5	4.6%	14.1%
5 to 17	10.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	13.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	3.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	20.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	26.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.4%
75 and over	11.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brilliant	Hackleburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brilliant	Hackleburg
No high school diploma	19.5%	17.7%
High school graduate	45.1%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brilliant	Hackleburg
Drove alone	80.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	0.9%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	1.9%
Other means	5.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brilliant	Hackleburg
1-unit, detached	64.4%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Brilliant	Hackleburg
Poverty rate	35.5%	27.6%
Average household size	1.91	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1969	1993