Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Livingston works elsewhere
The average commute takes 36 minutes each way; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26. Livingston has 22 jobs; 329 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Livingston itself; outside it, Edwardsville draws the most (9%, 17 miles). <1% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Livingston in brief
Livingston is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Livingston, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Livingston has about 440 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Livingston workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Livingston workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 329 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Livingston
On a workday 329 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Livingston on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Livingston: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Livingston workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 370 commuters (the <1% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of Livingston: the destinations
Where Livingston clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Livingston
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Livingston, 2014 → 2024: 41 → 22. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Livingston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Livingston
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Livingston: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Livingston workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | – | — | — | 36 min | $62,240 |
| Williamson | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Williamson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Livingston’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 2024, 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 Livingston: questions
What is the median household income in Livingston?
$62,240 (±$8,919) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Livingston?
16.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Livingston?
36 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Livingston work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edwardsville (9%, 17 mi), Highland (8%, 14 mi), St. Louis (6%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Livingston without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Livingston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Livingston
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.