With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Brilliant works elsewhere
There are 67 jobs in Brilliant; 391 of its residents have a job. A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Alabama 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Brilliant apart on work
Brilliant is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Brilliant, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brilliant has about 510 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
43% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Brilliant are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Alabama. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Alabama worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 391 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Brilliant
On a workday 382 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Brilliant on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where in the region Brilliant works
About 43% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Brilliant’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brilliant workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 348 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
13% of working residents work in Winfield
Where Brilliant clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Brilliant
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brilliant, 2013 → 2023: 298 → 67. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brilliant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns next door employ 13% of Brilliant
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Winfield. Darker towns draw more of Brilliant’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Brilliant: questions
What is the median household income in Brilliant?
$47,125 (±$26,826) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brilliant?
36.2%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brilliant?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brilliant work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winfield (13%, 6 mi), Hamilton (7%, 14 mi), Guin (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brilliant without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brilliant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brilliant
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.