Brilliant vs Twin

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

Brilliant and Twin 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 366 in Twin). Twin has the higher median household income ($58,333 vs $47,877 in Brilliant). Twin has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $55,200 in Brilliant).

Population, income & housing

	Brilliant	Twin
Population	1,078	366
Median age	54.6 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,877	$58,333
Median home value	$55,200	$95,000
Median gross rent	$445	—
Housing units	640	225
Homeownership rate	68.6%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brilliant	Twin
Population	923 → 1,078 (+16.8%)	387 → 366 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$24,643 → $47,877 (+94.3%)	$55,000 → $58,333 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$120,600 → $55,200 (-54.2%)	$85,400 → $95,000 (+11.2%)
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

Twin

Population

387366

Median household income

$55,000$58,333

Median home value

$85,400$95,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brilliant	Twin
Under 5	4.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	10.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	3.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	20.4%	26.8%
55 to 64	26.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.8%
75 and over	11.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brilliant	Twin
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brilliant	Twin
No high school diploma	19.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	45.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brilliant	Twin
Drove alone	80.2%	92.3%
Carpooled	0.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	0.0%
Other means	5.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brilliant	Twin
1-unit, detached	64.4%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Brilliant	Twin
Poverty rate	35.5%	12.6%
Average household size	1.91	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1969	1975