A typical Livingston home is worth about $104,000
Up 7.9% in a year, 65% below the Illinois typical home.
Only 1 sale 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 1.7 years of income
Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Livingston home, with $125K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $330 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Livingston’s typical property tax (1.29% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 27.2% in five years
About the same pace as Illinois (29.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Livingston | Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $56,000 | $181,000 |
| 2018 | $62,000 | $190,000 |
| 2019 | $62,000 | $195,000 |
| 2020 | $64,000 | $200,000 |
| 2021 | $78,000 | $215,000 |
| 2022 | $85,000 | $236,000 |
| 2023 | $86,000 | $248,000 |
| 2024 | $93,000 | $263,000 |
| 2025 | $94,000 | $278,000 |
| 2026 | $100,000 | $290,000 |
| August 2026 | $104,000 | $298,000 |
A typical Livingston home worth $57K in September 2016 is worth about $104K today.
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 $990
Renters already here pay a median of $720, 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 (St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Livingston in 2025. The last year with any was 2023 (2 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Livingston's population fell by 95 and no new homes were permitted.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $220,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
72% of Livingston households own their home
Half of Livingston’s homes were built before 1965.
Illinois: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Livingston vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Livingston. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | $104K | +7.9% | $990 | 0 | $62,240 |
| Williamson | — | +3.2%† | $1,030 | 0 | $57,841 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
On the market in Livingston
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Livingston buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.