A typical Livingston home is worth about $425,000
Down 1.4% in a year, 44% below the California typical home.
Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Livingston?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 5.7 years of income
Less than across California (7.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $130K short of a typical Livingston home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,610 a month here, $880 less than owning.
How Livingston ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Livingston’s typical property tax (0.75% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
87 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 87 new homes in Livingston in 2025: 4 single-family houses and 83 in buildings with two or more homes, worth about $23 million to build. That's 6 per 1,000 residents, faster than across California (2.7). Over the past 10 years, Livingston has permitted 507 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Livingston gained 1,114 residents while 381 new homes were permitted: about 2.9 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. Across California: 2.7 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 3 | 3 | 0 | $407,000 |
| 2025 | 87 | 4 | 83 | $23 million |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | $257,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 | $257,000 |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| 2020 | 105 | 105 | 0 | $22.7 million |
| 2019 | 67 | 67 | 0 | $14.6 million |
| 2018 | 103 | 103 | 0 | $26.5 million |
| 2017 | 67 | 63 | 4 | $21.7 million |
| 2016 | 34 | 34 | 0 | $11.5 million |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | $227,000 |
| 2013 | 49 | 0 | 49 | $5.6 million |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 49 | 47 | 2 | $9.9 million |
| 2009 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $2.4 million |
| 2008 | 38 | 38 | 0 | $11.4 million |
| 2007 | 79 | 79 | 0 | $15.1 million |
| 2006 | 161 | 161 | 0 | $41.5 million |
| 2005 | 162 | 162 | 0 | $36.6 million |
| 2004 | 157 | 157 | 0 | $35.5 million |
| 2003 | 178 | 178 | 0 | $22.2 million |
| 2002 | 63 | 63 | 0 | $9.3 million |
| 2001 | 34 | 32 | 2 | $3 million |
| 2000 | 57 | 21 | 36 | $4.8 million |
How Livingston ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Up 11.4% in five years
About the same pace as California (13.9%).
Show as a table
| January | Livingston | California |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $247,000 | $453,000 |
| 2018 | $265,000 | $501,000 |
| 2019 | $285,000 | $539,000 |
| 2020 | $306,000 | $551,000 |
| 2021 | $339,000 | $607,000 |
| 2022 | $402,000 | $703,000 |
| 2023 | $409,000 | $727,000 |
| 2024 | $421,000 | $758,000 |
| 2025 | $440,000 | $782,000 |
| 2026 | $430,000 | $767,000 |
| August 2026 | $425,000 | $764,000 |
A typical Livingston home worth $238K in September 2016 is worth about $425K today.
How Livingston ranks on rising home prices →
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,610
Renters already here pay a median of $1,315, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Merced, CA MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
63% of Livingston households own their home
Half of Livingston’s homes were built before 1994.
California: 56% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Neighbors talk housing
What Livingston buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.