Brilliant vs Hamilton

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

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

Hamilton has the higher population (6,907 vs 1,078 in Brilliant). Hamilton has the higher median household income ($53,714 vs $47,877 in Brilliant). Hamilton has the higher median home value ($103,500 vs $55,200 in Brilliant).

Population, income & housing

	Brilliant	Hamilton
Population	1,078	6,907
Median age	54.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,877	$53,714
Median home value	$55,200	$103,500
Median gross rent	$445	$544
Housing units	640	3,213
Homeownership rate	68.6%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brilliant	Hamilton
Population	923 → 1,078 (+16.8%)	6,682 → 6,907 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$24,643 → $47,877 (+94.3%)	$39,357 → $53,714 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$120,600 → $55,200 (-54.2%)	$106,700 → $103,500 (-3.0%)
Median gross rent	$377 → $445 (+18.0%)	$515 → $544 (+5.6%)

Brilliant

Population

9231,078

Median household income

$24,643$47,877

Median home value

$120,600$55,200

Median gross rent

$377$445

Hamilton

Population

6,6826,907

Median household income

$39,357$53,714

Median home value

$106,700$103,500

Median gross rent

$515$544

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brilliant	Hamilton
Under 5	4.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	3.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	20.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	26.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.3%
75 and over	11.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brilliant	Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brilliant	Hamilton
No high school diploma	19.5%	16.2%
High school graduate	45.1%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brilliant	Hamilton
Drove alone	80.2%	88.9%
Carpooled	0.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	6.5%
Other means	5.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brilliant	Hamilton
1-unit, detached	64.4%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Brilliant	Hamilton
Poverty rate	35.5%	18.6%
Average household size	1.91	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1969	1977