Warden's Residence · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0For more than half of its working residents, Triana is a commute to Huntsville
For 30% of workers, the job is at home (Alabama 9%). The two grades for Triana are B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, Triana is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Triana
More than half of Triana works in Huntsville
818 working residents, 57%, have their main job in Huntsville, 8.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 57 times as many as work in Triana itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Triana
30% of Triana workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Time on the road ↓
Triana is a place people come home to
There are 324 jobs based in Triana, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Most jobs in Triana pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Triana pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Triana
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Triana is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #38 of 187 in Alabama. Household income holds Triana’s grade up ($110,100, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Triana could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Where the trip to work from Triana ends
Where Triana clocks in
57% of workers
11% of workers
4% of workersLines 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.
Time on the road from Triana: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Triana workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,250 commuters (the 30% 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.
Triana by day and by night
On a workday 1,414 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 310 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Triana on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
72% of the jobs in Triana pay over $3,333 a month
324 jobs are based in Triana.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Triana, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 324. 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 Triana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Triana goes to work
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.
Driving is how Triana gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Triana is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #185 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Triana near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,779 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.1% of Triana households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Triana’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Triana is 1,149th of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 169 | Highland Lakes AL | 5,866 | $169K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 193 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 228 | Argo AL | 4,376 | $105K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,147 | Vernon Township PA | 5,223 | $76K | 4.1% | 2.5% | 18% | B+ |
| 1,148 | Shady Side MD | 4,727 | $154K | 3.8% | 4.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,149 | Triana AL | 5,244 | $110K | 8.2% | 4.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,150 | Merchantville NJ | 4,241 | $91K | 16.7% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,151 | Huron OH | 6,585 | $78K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Triana, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Bordering towns draw 57% of Triana’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Triana workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triana | – | B+ | D− | 23 min | $110,100 |
| Huntsville | 57% | B | B | 20 min | $74,714 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Huntsville. Darker towns draw more of Triana’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 Triana: questions
What is the median household income in Triana?
$110,100 (±$8,248) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Triana?
8.2%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Triana?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Triana work?
1% work in town.
Is Triana walkable?
Triana is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Triana without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Triana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Triana
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.