Brilliant vs Mingo Junction

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

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

Mingo Junction has the higher population (3,382 vs 1,065 in Brilliant). Mingo Junction has the higher median household income ($60,288 vs $49,100 in Brilliant). Mingo Junction has the higher median home value ($94,900 vs $70,400 in Brilliant).

Population, income & housing

	Brilliant	Mingo Junction
Population	1,065	3,382
Median age	44.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,100	$60,288
Median home value	$70,400	$94,900
Median gross rent	$546	$894
Housing units	660	1,648
Homeownership rate	63.0%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brilliant	Mingo Junction
Population	1,479 → 1,065 (-28.0%)	3,212 → 3,382 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $49,100 (+22.8%)	$54,706 → $60,288 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $70,400 (+2.6%)	$84,800 → $94,900 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $546 (-11.7%)	$750 → $894 (+19.2%)

Brilliant

Population

1,4791,065

Median household income

$40,000$49,100

Median home value

$68,600$70,400

Median gross rent

$618$546

Mingo Junction

Population

3,2123,382

Median household income

$54,706$60,288

Median home value

$84,800$94,900

Median gross rent

$750$894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brilliant	Mingo Junction
Under 5	0.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	5.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	19.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.4%
75 and over	6.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brilliant	Mingo Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brilliant	Mingo Junction
No high school diploma	3.7%	8.4%
High school graduate	40.5%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brilliant	Mingo Junction
Drove alone	83.2%	91.7%
Carpooled	1.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brilliant	Mingo Junction
1-unit, detached	70.8%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Brilliant	Mingo Junction
Poverty rate	16.7%	25.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1947	1952