Adena vs Brilliant

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

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

Brilliant has the higher population (1,065 vs 720 in Adena). Brilliant has the higher median household income ($49,100 vs $47,500 in Adena). Brilliant has the higher median home value ($70,400 vs $61,700 in Adena).

Population, income & housing

	Adena	Brilliant
Population	720	1,065
Median age	41.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$49,100
Median home value	$61,700	$70,400
Median gross rent	$990	$546
Housing units	330	660
Homeownership rate	77.3%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adena	Brilliant
Population	651 → 720 (+10.6%)	1,479 → 1,065 (-28.0%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $47,500 (+30.5%)	$40,000 → $49,100 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $61,700 (-8.3%)	$68,600 → $70,400 (+2.6%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $990 (+32.0%)	$618 → $546 (-11.7%)

Adena

Population

651720

Median household income

$36,389$47,500

Median home value

$67,300$61,700

Median gross rent

$750$990

Brilliant

Population

1,4791,065

Median household income

$40,000$49,100

Median home value

$68,600$70,400

Median gross rent

$618$546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adena	Brilliant
Under 5	4.4%	0.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.6%
75 and over	9.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adena	Brilliant
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adena	Brilliant
No high school diploma	3.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	66.8%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adena	Brilliant
Drove alone	94.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	1.3%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adena	Brilliant
1-unit, detached	82.1%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Adena	Brilliant
Poverty rate	13.9%	16.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1945	1947