Valverda Plantation House · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0Work and commuting in Livonia
Livonia grades C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Louisiana has 8%. Only 3% stay in Livonia for work; outside it, Baton Rouge is the main destination (17%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Livonia and work: the main findings
Livonia’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Livonia is Baton Rouge, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (72) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Livonia workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 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 436 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Livonia’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Livonia is better than 34% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Livonia’s grade up (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Livonia’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Livonia could be anywhere from D to B+.
How far Livonia’s workers travel
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.
About 32 minutes to work from Livonia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Livonia workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 542 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 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.
Livonia by day and by night
On a workday 423 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 259 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Livonia on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Out of Livonia to work: where people go
Where Livonia clocks in
17% of workers
16% 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.
A place that makes things: 43% of Livonia’s jobs are in goods
272 jobs are based in Livonia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Livonia, 2014 → 2024: 290 → 272. 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 Livonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Livonia: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Livonia is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Livonia near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 542 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Livonia households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Livonia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Livonia places 1,939th of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 410 | Lockport Heights LA | 1,481 | $126K | 7.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 908 | Perry LA | 1,424 | $82K | 9.5% | 1.3% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 910 | Watson LA | 1,357 | $97K | 17.2% | 3.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,937 | Algodones NM | 1,479 | $68K | 18.1% | 7.2% | 7% | C |
| 1,938 | Rogersville AL | 1,434 | $66K | 9.4% | 1.4% | 9% | C |
| 1,939 | Livonia LA | 1,134 | $73K | 20.1% | 1.6% | 3% | C |
| 1,940 | Prosperity SC | 1,259 | $63K | 10.1% | 4.0% | 2% | C |
| 1,941 | Auburn Township OH | 1,105 | $77K | 15.7% | 0.0% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Livonia, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
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 Livonia: questions
What is the median household income in Livonia?
$72,500 (±$46,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Livonia?
20.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Livonia?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Livonia work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (17%, 26 mi), New Roads (16%, 11 mi), St. George (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Livonia walkable?
Livonia is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Livonia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Livonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Livonia
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.