Brilliant vs Winfield

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

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

Winfield has the higher population (4,982 vs 1,078 in Brilliant). Winfield has the higher median household income ($71,078 vs $47,877 in Brilliant). Winfield has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $55,200 in Brilliant).

Population, income & housing

	Brilliant	Winfield
Population	1,078	4,982
Median age	54.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,877	$71,078
Median home value	$55,200	$160,600
Median gross rent	$445	$694
Housing units	640	2,284
Homeownership rate	68.6%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brilliant	Winfield
Population	923 → 1,078 (+16.8%)	4,539 → 4,982 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$24,643 → $47,877 (+94.3%)	$51,518 → $71,078 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$120,600 → $55,200 (-54.2%)	$126,400 → $160,600 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$377 → $445 (+18.0%)	$496 → $694 (+39.9%)

Brilliant

Population

9231,078

Median household income

$24,643$47,877

Median home value

$120,600$55,200

Median gross rent

$377$445

Winfield

Population

4,5394,982

Median household income

$51,518$71,078

Median home value

$126,400$160,600

Median gross rent

$496$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brilliant	Winfield
Under 5	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	10.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	2.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.1%
35 to 44	3.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	20.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	26.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.6%
75 and over	11.1%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brilliant	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brilliant	Winfield
No high school diploma	19.5%	9.9%
High school graduate	45.1%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brilliant	Winfield
Drove alone	80.2%	91.8%
Carpooled	0.9%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	1.1%
Other means	5.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brilliant	Winfield
1-unit, detached	64.4%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Brilliant	Winfield
Poverty rate	35.5%	10.6%
Average household size	1.91	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1969	1980