Best PlacesTriana, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Triana, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Triana ranks 2,359th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Triana
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Triana's strengths and weaknesses
Where Triana ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$110,100 median, better than 90% of towns
Where Triana ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 29% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Triana
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Triana home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $110,100, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Triana's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Triana
Triana runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Triana.
Who works in Triana, and how
Work in Triana centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Triana
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Triana.
What the weather is like in Triana, month by month
Triana sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Triana
The nearest airport, Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Triana
Schools across Triana average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monrovia Elementary SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Williams Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monrovia Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Williams Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Priceville High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Sparkman High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Triana school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Triana measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Triana against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Triana
Is Triana a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Triana ranks 2,359th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, population health, and low crime, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Triana expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $278,200. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $110,100 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Triana safe?
Yes, Triana is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $155 per resident a year.
Compare Triana with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Triana. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Triana represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Triana detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Triana: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Triana: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Triana: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Triana: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Triana detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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