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Home to 32,223 people, the town was incorporated in 1813.
Trash day: look up yoursLivingston Township’s best grade is for health (A+). With an A+ overall, Livingston Township is better than 95% of U.S. towns. It ranks 39th of 466 in New Jersey. Incomes are a strength too: the median household earns $230K. The catch is cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $1.1 million, 11 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Only 49 of New Jersey’s 527 towns score higher on civic life. Nearly three quarters of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more here, against 45% in New Jersey’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. This New Jersey town is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow.
Where Livingston Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Livingston Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.2% | 7% |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Livingston Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,056 in 1820, 31,330 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Livingston Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw19 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw18 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw19 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Livingston Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Livingston Township.
Livingston Township has schools in the top 5% of New Jersey and is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Jersey.
At 11 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.09M) costs more against local pay than in 92% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 5.7% in value. Livingston Township’s midpoint rent is $2,949 a month. In Livingston Township, 89% of households are owner-occupiers.
| Livingston Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,949 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 89% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A ranks #21 of the 465 New Jersey towns we grade for schools. Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.09M.
The public schools here belong to the Livingston Board of Education School District. Three of its 14 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. 6 public schools serve Livingston Township, with 2,747 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 994 | A |
| Livingston High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,081 | A |
| Harrison Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 522 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New Jersey is utility shut-off threats: 3.2% of its 23,336 adults were threatened with a utility shut-off, against 7% statewide. Against the 597 U.S. towns with household incomes like Livingston Township’s, it is healthier than 79%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Against the New Jersey average, Livingston Township comes out ahead on 25 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. 14% of adults have been diagnosed with depression here. Among 468 New Jersey towns, just 8 have a lower share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Livingston Township.
| Livingston Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Livingston Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.2% | 7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Walkers can cover 4.9 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is West Essex Park, at 850 acres. The trail network density for Livingston Township comes to 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Northland Park | 0.8 mi | 43 |
| 2. East Hills Park | 0.7 mi | 54 |
| 3. West Essex Park | — | 850 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 11.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 53% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 416 to 227 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
For Livingston Township, the property crime rate is 6.5 per 1,000 residents. The rate of reported violence here is 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Livingston Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 22°, with about 24 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
189 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 15 properties have flooded more than once.
Livingston Township’s natural-hazard score from FEMA stands at 34 of 100. The national flood insurance program has paid 189 claims here since 1978. Expected losses in Livingston Township break down as 73% from inland flooding and 7% from heat waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average commute for its 14,083 working residents takes 37.6 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey. 32.9% of workers work from home, against 16.8% across New Jersey.
The share of residents in Livingston Township who live below the poverty line: 2.3%. Most people who work leave Livingston Township to do it: just 9% work in town. For Livingston Township, the average trip to work is 38 minutes. The top destinations are New York (21%), Newark (5%) and Jersey City (3%).
| Livingston Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 33% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $230,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 38 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.3% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
29 within 15 miles of the center of Livingston Township
About 7 of every 100 Livingston Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
38 notable people were born in Livingston Township.
Township in Essex County, New Jersey, US
Livingston is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 31,330, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 1,964 (+6.7%) from 29,366 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,975 (+7.2%) from the 27,391 counted in the 2000 census. In 2025, the Population Estimates Program by the United States Census Bureau calculated that the township had a population of 32,223. Livingston was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 5, 1813, from portions of Caldwell Township (now Fairfield Township) and Springfield Township (now in Union County). …
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6 towns share a border with Livingston Township.
At #39 in NJ, it grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Florham Park (A) comes closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston Township | #39 | A+ | D | B+ | A | A+ |
| Florham Park | #43 | A | D− | A | A | A+ |
| East Hanover Township | #190 | B+ | D− | B− | A− | A+ |
| Roseland | #96 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Millburn Township | #113 | A | D | B− | A | A+ |
| Short Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Orange Township | #256 | B | D− | B− | C+ | A |
Roseland reports no FBI crime data of its own. Short Hills isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Livingston Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Livingston Township grades A+ overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #39 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health, B+ for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
Livingston Township was incorporated in 1813 and has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 38 notable people were born here, including Jared Kushner and Artie Lange.
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