West LivingstonTX
A town in Texas, home to 8,199 people.
Is West Livingston a good place to live?
West Livingston grades low on several counts. Health is its weak spot — on CDC estimates, its residents' health ranks in the bottom 2% nationally. Its best grade is for cost of living: a typical home costs about $154K, 2.5 years of the county’s $62K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a D− overall, better than 4% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 596th of 640 in Texas. Incomes are weaker too (D): the median household income is $62K, and 19% of residents live below the poverty line. Walkability is weaker too (D). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES.
98% of working residents leave West Livingston for work
Where West Livingston’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How West Livingston grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far West Livingston is from typical.
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Moving to West Livingston: who provides what
West Livingston is unincorporated, so Polk County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in West Livingston.
West Livingston has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has commutes longer than most of Texas.
A larger share of adults smoke cigarettes in West Livingston than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
In West Livingston, 45% of adults have high blood pressure, above both the Texas town median (35%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). For adults locally, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 45%.
| West Livingston | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 24% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | West Livingston | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 28.2% | 12.5% |
| More smokers | 25.1% | 12.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of West Livingston’s workers commute out
The average commute for its 1,970 working residents takes 34.8 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
West Livingston: 2.2% of working residents work locally. Jobs based in West Livingston grew to 1,000 in 2023, 128 more than in 2013. Half commute less than 56 miles. The top destinations are Houston (14%), Livingston (13%) and Huntsville (3%).
| West Livingston | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
West Livingston has set aside 3.4% of its land for conservation
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 7.7 miles. Lake Livingston State Park, at 621 acres with 6.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. In West Livingston, the trail density is 0.3 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in Texas’ towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| West Livingston | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Livingston State Park | 6.3 mi | 621 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The climate in West Livingston brings mild winters and hot summers
The Cleveland weather station, 24 miles away, records that about 88 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns.
Its July high is put at 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in West Livingston, mostly cold waves
Nearly a quarter of West Livingston’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by tornadoes at 22%. On expected storm and flood damage, West Livingston sits above 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, one flood insurance claim has been paid in the town.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in West Livingston sell for about $372K
At 2.5 years of the county’s $62K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 83% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,409, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
83% of households own their home in West Livingston. Its median rent is recorded as $1,212 a month.
| West Livingston | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 83% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,212 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about West Livingston
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of West Livingston; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 West Livingston residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About West Livingston
CDP in Texas
West Livingston is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Polk County, Texas, United States, located along the eastern shore of Lake Livingston 6 miles (9.7 km) west of central Livingston. The population was 8,156 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 141 ft
West Livingston’s neighbors
One town shares a border with West Livingston.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Livingston | #596 | D− | B | — | B− | D− |
| Livingston | #607 | D− | C | D | B− | C− |
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Questions about West Livingston
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is West Livingston, TX a good place to live?
West Livingston grades D− overall, better than 4% of U.S. towns and #596 of 640 in Texas. It grades D− for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is West Livingston, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $154,000, 48% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.