Livingston is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 27,391 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Livingston is the 63rd largest community in New Jersey.

Livingston is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.97% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Livingston is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Livingston who work in sales jobs (15.50%), management occupations (15.12%), and office and administrative support jobs (14.16%).

Also of interest is that Livingston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Livingston is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Livingston is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Livingston really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Livingston perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Livingston is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Livingston Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Livingston is a pretty powerful place. 57.67% of the adults in Livingston have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Livingston in 2000 was $47,218, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $188,872 for a family of four. However, Livingston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Livingston is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Livingston home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Livingston is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Livingston include Italian, Russian, Irish, German, Polish, Eastern European, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Livingston's cultural character, accounting for 18.82% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Livingston are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Livingston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Russian.