Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Where Livingston earns its living
Employers in Livingston report 78 jobs, and 50 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Kentucky as a whole has 10%. Only 4% work in Livingston itself; outside it, Mount Vernon draws the most (20%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Livingston
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Livingston on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Livingston
Where Livingston clocks in
20% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
In Livingston, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Livingston, 2014 → 2024: 215 → 78. 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.
Working from home in Livingston
of Livingston workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% 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.
Miles to work from Livingston
About 16% 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.
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?
$38,393 (±$19,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Livingston?
32.1%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Livingston work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (20%, 8 mi), Berea (10%, 21 mi), London (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Livingston without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% 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.