Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Triana gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $278K for a typical one, or 3.2 years of the Huntsville metro’s $86K median household income. It grades A overall, 11th among Alabama's 187 graded towns. On the plus side, its schools outperform 82% of the state's. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. Only 15 of Alabama’s 308 towns score higher on hazard risk. Triana's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 90% of U.S. towns.
Where Triana beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Triana | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.5% | 8% |
Warden's ResidenceWhere Triana’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Triana is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 146 in 1880, 2,890 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 5 maps from 1936 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Triana, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Triana.
Triana has less COPD than most of Alabama and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Alabama; it also has little public open land.
Its widest gap with Alabama is COPD: 3.5% of its 2,057 adults have COPD, against 8% statewide. Against the 7,126 U.S. towns with household incomes like Triana’s, it is healthier than 66%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
9.4% of Triana adults report frequent physical distress, against 15% in Alabama’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 37% of Triana adults feel lonely. Triana beats the Alabama average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Triana | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 15% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Triana | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.5% | 8% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.2% | 7.3% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 69.3% | 78% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Triana has 324 jobs for its 1,428 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 29.7% of workers work from home, against 8.8% across Alabama.
Most working residents leave Triana for work: only 1% work in town. At $110,000, Triana’s median household income is where Alabama’s towns sit at $62,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Jobs based in Triana grew to 324 in 2023, 86 more than in 2013.
| Triana | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $110,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 31.3°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 85% of Alabama places with climate records; July afternoons average 90.3°.
Triana has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Triana is 90°F. About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Triana | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
| January low | 31°F | 33°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Triana's reported crime rate is well below Alabama's. Triana’s property crime rate is 3.7 per 1,000 residents. Among 137 Alabama towns, just 7 have a lower violent crime rate than Triana.
| Triana | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 3.7 per 1,000 residents | 19.6 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 2.8 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Just 15 of its 1,800 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Triana itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | — | 8 |
| 2. Sports Field | — | 4 |
| 3. Flamingo Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median property tax bill is $1,254, against $788 across Alabama, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Only 3 of the 177 Alabama towns we compare have a higher median rent than Triana. 84% of households own their home in Triana. The median sale price was $334,000 in May 2026.
| Triana | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,729 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 84% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Triana. Close and well known come first.
10 mi MuseumU.S. Space & Rocket Center1.0M visitors a year6 mi Theme parkSpace City USA
15 mi MuseumBurritt on the Mountain12 mi Theme parkSouthern Adventures
13 mi MuseumHuntsville Museum of Art
18 mi MuseumNorth Alabama Railroad MuseumU.S. Space & Rocket Center: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Burritt on the Mountain: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Huntsville Museum of Art: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Alabama Railroad Museum: Jeff Hunter from Madison, AL, USA, CC BY 2.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Triana
About 7 of every 100 Triana residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Alabama.
Town in Alabama, United States
Triana () is a municipality in southwest Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville–Decatur–Albertville combined statistical area. The population was 2,890 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 4,936 in 2024.
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One town shares a border with Triana.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triana | #11 | A | B+ | — | A− | A− |
| Huntsville | #61 | B− | B | C | B | B− |
Triana reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Triana with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Triana grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #11 of 187 in Alabama. It grades A− for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $278,000, 17% above the Alabama typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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