Independent Hill vs Triangle

A side-by-side comparison of Independent Hill and Triangle: population, income, housing, and more.

Independent Hill and Triangle are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Triangle has the higher population (11,265 vs 10,217 in Independent Hill). Independent Hill has the higher median household income ($204,500 vs $114,837 in Triangle). Independent Hill has the higher median home value ($646,000 vs $520,400 in Triangle).

Population, income & housing

	Independent Hill	Triangle
Population	10,217	11,265
Median age	37.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$204,500	$114,837
Median home value	$646,000	$520,400
Median gross rent	$2,063	$1,606
Housing units	3,063	3,584
Homeownership rate	96.6%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Independent Hill	Triangle
Population	9,204 → 10,217 (+11.0%)	8,972 → 11,265 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$173,358 → $204,500 (+18.0%)	$84,288 → $114,837 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$502,800 → $646,000 (+28.5%)	$452,200 → $520,400 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,819 → $2,063 (-26.8%)	$1,165 → $1,606 (+37.9%)

Independent Hill

Population

9,20410,217

Median household income

$173,358$204,500

Median home value

$502,800$646,000

Median gross rent

$2,819$2,063

Triangle

Population

8,97211,265

Median household income

$84,288$114,837

Median home value

$452,200$520,400

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Independent Hill	Triangle
Under 5	5.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	23.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	16.8%
45 to 54	20.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	5.9%	4.0%
75 and over	2.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Independent Hill	Triangle
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	19.0%
Black or African American	12.6%	41.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Independent Hill	Triangle
No high school diploma	4.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	17.1%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Independent Hill	Triangle
Drove alone	66.4%	73.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.9%
Public transit	3.5%	2.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	10.4%
Other means	0.3%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Independent Hill	Triangle
1-unit, detached	95.6%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Independent Hill	Triangle
Poverty rate	1.0%	8.0%
Average household size	3.37	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	44	36
Median year structure built	2001	1999