Work & commute · Livingston

Work & commute in Livingston, KY

Most working residents leave Livingston for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (19%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (11%) and Berea (9%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 54 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 53 Livingston residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Livingston.

53live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Livingston goes to work

Mount Vernon7.7 mi away

19%10

Lexington-Fayette urban county53.1 mi away

11%6

Berea20.6 mi away

9%5

London14.5 mi away

6%3

Richmond30.2 mi away

6%3

Somerset25.9 mi away

4%2

Elizabethtown95.5 mi away

4%2

Livingston (in town)right here

2%1

Watterson Park101.4 mi away

2%1

Pineville47.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%20

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Livingston commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

28%

20%

17%

35%

28%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Livingston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Livingston are

76 jobs are based in Livingston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Livingston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Livingston

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month76%

Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Livingston residents hold

54 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−63%

Jobs based in Livingston, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 76. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.