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Housing in Triumph

A typical Triumph home is worth roughly $79,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$79K
PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,250
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Triumph?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Triumph

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Triumph home $79K

That covers a typical Triumph home, with $209K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$500
Loan $390Tax $90Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $480 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Pennsylvania typical property tax (1.30% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

96% of Triumph households own their home

Half of Triumph’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters
Own 96%Rent 4%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1971
typical home built · PA 1965
$1,250
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
67%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,310
4 bedrooms$1,410
4%
of households rent · PA 31%
2
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Forest County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Triumph in 2025. The last year with any was 2021 (1 new home).

Single-family
0123 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
1
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−40
New homes+1

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Triumph's population fell by 40 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 67% of Triumph's homes are seasonal or vacation homes, which adds housing without adding residents. Across Pennsylvania: 1.4 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021110$259,000
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014110$151,000
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004110$125,000
2003110$70,000
2002000—
2001110$41,000
2000330$146,000

Triumph's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Triumph vs. its neighbors

Triumph is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Triumph$79K*—$9800$52,344
Deerfield——$990—$51,250
Limestone——$9700$61,250
Tidioute$98K+2.1%$970—$43,158
Harmony$109K*—$9700$63,000

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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