Work & commute · Brilliant

Work & commute in Brilliant, OH

Most working residents leave Brilliant for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Steubenville (18%), Weirton (8%) and Wheeling (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 493 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 476 Brilliant residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brilliant.

476live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brilliant goes to work

Steubenville6.9 mi away

18%91

Weirton, WV10.6 mi away

8%37

Wheeling, WV13.7 mi away

4%19

Mingo Junction4.1 mi away

4%18

Brilliant (in town)right here

3%17

Findlay, PA23.7 mi away

3%14

Wintersville8.3 mi away

3%13

Columbus125.6 mi away

2%12

Cross Creek5.1 mi away

2%11

Richland20.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%252

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Brilliant commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

40%

29%

22%

40%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brilliant is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brilliant are

322 jobs are based in Brilliant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brilliant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brilliant

322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Brilliant residents hold

493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−14%

Jobs based in Brilliant, 2013 → 2023: 375 → 322. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.