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Brilliant, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Brilliant is a Census town of 1,097 people across 10.59 square miles of land, in Marion County. Median household income is $47,125, 67.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Brilliant
What Brilliant is
- Census place typetown
- Land area10.59 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land104 plus or minus 30
- County holding the largest share of its areaMarion County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Brilliant
- Population1,097 plus or minus 316
- Median age54.5
- Population under 18188 plus or minus 73
- Share under 1817.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Population 65 and over244 plus or minus 103
- Share 65 and over22.2 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Households529 plus or minus 133
- Family households215 plus or minus 60
- Share of households that are families40.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Brilliant
- Median household income$47,125 plus or minus $26,826
- Per capita income$25,104 plus or minus $5,888
- Civilian labor force407 plus or minus 126
- Employed366 plus or minus 113
- Unemployed41 plus or minus 39
- Unemployment rate10.1 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Adults 25 and over884 plus or minus 281
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.7 percent plus or minus 37.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher8.5 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Brilliant
- Housing units607 plus or minus 133
- Occupied units529 plus or minus 133
- Vacant units78 plus or minus 46
- Vacancy rate12.9 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Owner occupied355 plus or minus 103
- Renter occupied174 plus or minus 83
- Ownership rate67.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$47,200 plus or minus $24,364
- Median gross rent, monthly$477 plus or minus $177
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.1 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Single family units342 plus or minus 122
- Share single family56.3 percent plus or minus 15.8
- Units in buildings of two or more114 plus or minus 53
- Share in buildings of two or more18.8 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Mobile homes151 plus or minus 57
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Brilliant gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute348 plus or minus 114
- Commuting under 15 minutes141 plus or minus 98
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.5 percent plus or minus 24.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more115 plus or minus 46
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.0 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Drove alone88.7 percent
- Carpooled2.5 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.5 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home4.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Flood risk in Brilliant
- NFIP communityTown of Brilliant
- NFIP community number010342
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date10/19/10
The Town of Brilliant participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 010342 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Marion County, not Brilliant
Marion County context, not Brilliant figures
- Establishments in Marion County546
- Covered employment, Marion County10,222
- Average annual pay, Marion County$48,179
- Housing units permitted, Marion County1
Every figure in this section is published for Marion County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brilliant.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Brilliant questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brilliant, Alabama?
1,097, in 529 households. Brilliant town covers 10.59 square miles of land, which is 104 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brilliant in?
Marion County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Brilliant?
$47,125. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $47,200. Median gross rent is $477 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Brilliant in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Brilliant appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Brilliant, town of, community 010342, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Brilliant figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Marion County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Brilliant.
Is zoning published for Brilliant?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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