Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Livingston has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns. There are 649 jobs in Livingston, and 1,421 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Livingston are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Livingston and work: the main findings
Where Livingston’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Livingston is better than 18% of U.S. towns, #661 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Livingston’s grade up (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($54,024, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Livingston could be anywhere from D− to B.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Livingston workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,416 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Livingston
On a workday 1,302 residents head out to work, 119 work right here, and 530 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Livingston on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
11% of working residents work in Hudson
Where Livingston clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
29% of the jobs in Livingston make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Livingston, 2014 → 2024: 588 → 649. 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Livingston
About 26% 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.
Most of Livingston commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Livingston is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #459 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,566 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). 15.7% of Livingston households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Livingston’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Livingston ranks: 3,705th of 4,474 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,703 | Whiteville NC | 4,765 | $31K | 20.7% | 3.2% | 25% | C− |
| 3,704 | Winnsboro SC | 3,305 | $37K | 12.8% | 7.7% | 14% | C− |
| 3,705 | Livingston NY | 3,611 | $54K | 17.1% | 5.1% | 8% | C− |
| 3,706 | Fort McKinley OH | 3,508 | $46K | 21.4% | 10.2% | 1% | C− |
| 3,707 | Haughton LA | 4,828 | $52K | 15.6% | 7.5% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Livingston, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Livingston and its neighbors: 13% work next door
The biggest share goes to Claverack (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Livingston workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | – | C− | B | 20 min | $54,024 |
| Clermont | under 3% | B | B− | 24 min | $95,104 |
| Germantown | 3% | B | B+ | 24 min | $97,564 |
| Taghkanic | under 3% | B | B− | 25 min | $86,250 |
| Gallatin | under 3% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $89,412 |
| Greenport | 3% | C− | A− | 19 min | — |
| Claverack | 4% | B− | B | 28 min | $74,111 |
| Catskill | 3% | C | B+ | 28 min | $69,321 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$54,024 (±$13,580) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Livingston?
17.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Livingston?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Livingston work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hudson (11%, 8 mi), New York City (11%, 102 mi), Claverack (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Livingston walkable?
Livingston is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Livingston without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 16% 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. 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.