Brilliant vs Richmond

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

Brilliant and Richmond 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 534 in Richmond). Richmond has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $49,100 in Brilliant). Richmond has the higher median home value ($119,100 vs $70,400 in Brilliant).

Population, income & housing

	Brilliant	Richmond
Population	1,065	534
Median age	44.6 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,100	$61,250
Median home value	$70,400	$119,100
Median gross rent	$546	$850
Housing units	660	268
Homeownership rate	63.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brilliant	Richmond
Population	1,479 → 1,065 (-28.0%)	418 → 534 (+27.8%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $49,100 (+22.8%)	$54,583 → $61,250 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $70,400 (+2.6%)	$82,900 → $119,100 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $546 (-11.7%)	$788 → $850 (+7.9%)

Brilliant

Population

1,4791,065

Median household income

$40,000$49,100

Median home value

$68,600$70,400

Median gross rent

$618$546

Richmond

Population

418534

Median household income

$54,583$61,250

Median home value

$82,900$119,100

Median gross rent

$788$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brilliant	Richmond
Under 5	0.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	6.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	16.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	5.9%	4.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	23.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	19.9%
75 and over	6.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brilliant	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brilliant	Richmond
No high school diploma	3.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	40.5%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brilliant	Richmond
Drove alone	83.2%	87.3%
Carpooled	1.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brilliant	Richmond
1-unit, detached	70.8%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Brilliant	Richmond
Poverty rate	16.7%	6.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1947	1956