Brilliant vs Wintersville

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

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

Wintersville has the higher population (3,835 vs 1,065 in Brilliant). Wintersville has the higher median household income ($74,648 vs $49,100 in Brilliant). Wintersville has the higher median home value ($134,200 vs $70,400 in Brilliant).

Population, income & housing

	Brilliant	Wintersville
Population	1,065	3,835
Median age	44.6 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,100	$74,648
Median home value	$70,400	$134,200
Median gross rent	$546	$849
Housing units	660	1,874
Homeownership rate	63.0%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brilliant	Wintersville
Population	1,479 → 1,065 (-28.0%)	4,328 → 3,835 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $49,100 (+22.8%)	$49,256 → $74,648 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $70,400 (+2.6%)	$101,100 → $134,200 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $546 (-11.7%)	$746 → $849 (+13.8%)

Brilliant

Population

1,4791,065

Median household income

$40,000$49,100

Median home value

$68,600$70,400

Median gross rent

$618$546

Wintersville

Population

4,3283,835

Median household income

$49,256$74,648

Median home value

$101,100$134,200

Median gross rent

$746$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brilliant	Wintersville
Under 5	0.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	16.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	5.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	18.4%
55 to 64	19.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.8%
75 and over	6.9%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brilliant	Wintersville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
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	4.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brilliant	Wintersville
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	40.5%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brilliant	Wintersville
Drove alone	83.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	1.7%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brilliant	Wintersville
1-unit, detached	70.8%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	13.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Brilliant	Wintersville
Poverty rate	16.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1947	1968