Work & commute · Livingston

Work & commute in Livingston, NY

Most working residents leave Livingston for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Hudson (11%), New York (9%) and Red Hook (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 1,384 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,279 Livingston residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 524 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Livingston.

1,279live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

524work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Livingston goes to work

Hudson7.8 mi away

11%155

New York102.3 mi away

9%123

Livingston (in town)right here

8%105

Red Hook9.6 mi away

7%93

Rhinebeck15.6 mi away

4%58

Albany36.4 mi away

4%50

Claverack7.8 mi away

4%49

Germantown3.8 mi away

3%42

Greenport6.3 mi away

2%31

Colonie41.6 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%650

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.

31%

26%

19%

24%

31%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Livingston is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Livingston are

629 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

629 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Livingston residents hold

1,384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+13%

Jobs based in Livingston, 2013 → 2023: 558 → 629. 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.