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Triangle gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $124K, 1.9 years of the Binghamton metro’s $65K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 500th of 745 in New York. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $72K, and 19% of residents live below the poverty line. The biggest place to walk is Whitney Point Multiple Use Area, 2,779 acres with 3.7 miles of trail. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Triangle, against 9.5% in New York’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Triangle's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Where Triangle beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Triangle is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,692 in 1840, 2,946 in 2010. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1876 and 3 maps from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Triangle, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Triangle.
Triangle has homes that are cheap against local pay and trades workers with Binghamton and other neighbors.
The Whitney Point Central School District runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Whitney Point Senior High School, with 393 students. Below: Two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tioughnioga Riverside AcademyLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–8 | Grades 4–8 | 528 | C |
| Whitney Point Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 393 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Walkers can cover 6.1 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Triangle’s density of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Triangle | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Whitney Point Multiple Use Area | 3.7 mi | 2,779 |
| 2. Triangle State Forest | — | 654 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Triangle has about as many jobs (1,312) as working residents, but only 156 people both live and work here.
Half commute less than 18 miles. The typical journey to work for Triangle comes to 29 minutes. Commuting out is the norm here: 14% of working residents work locally. Among workers in the town, 5.8% do their job from home.
| Triangle | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.8% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Triangle than in nearly three fifths of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 82% come from inland flooding and 7% from tornadoes. Since 1979, Triangle has seen 3 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For adults in Triangle, the share who smoke cigarettes is 15%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Triangle beats New York on 3 and trails on 11.
| Triangle | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Triangle | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.6% | 17.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.3% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 1.9 years of the Binghamton metro’s $65K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 92% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $2,718, against $6,582 across New York, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The rent at the middle of the market in Triangle is $864 a month. In Triangle, 72% of households live in a home they own.
| Triangle | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $864 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 75% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 46% | 49% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Triangle. Close and well known come first.
37 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
29 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf Field15 mi Ski areaGreek Peak Mountain Resort43 runs · 828 ft vertical
29 mi MuseumHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art80K visitors a year
18 mi Stadium & arenaBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena30 mi AttractionSagan Planet WalkTaughannock Falls State Park: Michael C. Rygel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Schoellkopf Field: Alex Sergeev, (www.asergeev.com) Originally uploaded by en:User:Cornell010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena: Bmoore2009 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Triangle; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Triangle residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
3 notable people were born in Triangle.
Town in New York, United States
Triangle is a town in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 2,809 at the 2020 census. The town's primary settlement is the village of Whitney Point. The town is in the northeastern part of the county and is north of Binghamton.
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5 towns share a border with Triangle.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triangle | #500 | C+ | B+ | — | C+ | B |
| Lisle | #482 | C+ | A | — | C+ | B− |
| Willet | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Barker | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Smithville | — | — | C | — | C+ | B− |
| Greene | #538 | C | B− | — | C+ | B− |
Barker and Smithville have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Triangle, Lisle, Barker, Smithville and Greene report no FBI crime data of their own. Willet isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Triangle with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Triangle grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #500 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health and C+ for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $124,000, 76% below the New York 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+.
3 notable people were born here, including Frederick W. Smith and Isaac T. Stoddard.
