Work & commute · Livingston

Work & commute in Livingston, TN

About one in 4 of Livingston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cookeville (20%), Crossville (2%) and Chattanooga (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

388 of 1,570 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,182 Livingston residents head out of town to work, 388 work right here, and 3,235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Livingston.

1,182live here, work elsewhere

388live and work here

3,235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Livingston goes to work

Livingston (in town)right here

25%388

Cookeville19.6 mi away

20%314

Crossville34.3 mi away

2%29

Chattanooga91.4 mi away

2%24

Knoxville82 mi away

1%23

Murfreesboro71.3 mi away

1%22

Sparta32.3 mi away

1%21

Algood14.5 mi away

1%20

Franklin91.2 mi away

1%18

Mount Juliet67.2 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%694

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.

34%

27%

31%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Livingston is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Livingston are

3,623 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

3,623 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Livingston residents hold

1,570 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+5%

Jobs based in Livingston, 2013 → 2023: 3,437 → 3,623. 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.