Best PlacesTriumph, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Triumph, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Triumph ranks 22,036th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Triumph
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.
Triumph's strengths and weaknesses
Where Triumph ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Household income$98,390 median, better than 84% of towns
Where Triumph ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Triumph
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Triumph home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,390, 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 Triumph's effective rate of 1.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Triumph
Triumph runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Triumph.
Who works in Triumph, and how
Work in Triumph centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Triumph
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Triumph.
What the weather is like in Triumph, month by month
Triumph sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Triumph
The nearest airport, Chicago/Rockford International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Triumph
Schools across Triumph average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Northbrook SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Mendota Twp High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Triumph school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Triumph 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 Triumph against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Triumph
Is Triumph a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Triumph ranks 22,036th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, what local pay buys, and a strong job market, and lowest on taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Triumph expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $234,586. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $98,390 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Triumph safe?
Yes, Triumph is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $213 per resident a year.
Compare Triumph with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Triumph. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Triumph 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.
Triumph detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Triumph: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Triumph: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Triumph: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Triumph: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Triumph 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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