Work & commute · Livingston

Work & commute in Livingston, NJ

Most working residents leave Livingston for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (21%), Newark (5%) and Jersey City (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,307 of 14,083 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,776 Livingston residents head out of town to work, 1,307 work right here, and 19,644 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Livingston.

12,776live here, work elsewhere

1,307live and work here

19,644work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Livingston goes to work

New York, NY22.1 mi away

21%2,909

Livingston (in town)right here

9%1,307

Newark9.2 mi away

5%701

Jersey City14.8 mi away

3%442

Parsippany-Troy Hills7.1 mi away

3%435

Florham Park3.5 mi away

3%365

East Hanover2.8 mi away

2%263

Morristown7.8 mi away

2%249

Millburn3.1 mi away

2%219

West Orange3.4 mi away

2%215

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%6,978

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.

43%

46%

43%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Livingston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Livingston are

20,951 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

20,951 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Livingston residents hold

14,083 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

−4%

Jobs based in Livingston, 2013 → 2023: 21,901 → 20,951. 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.