City safety & data profile

LivingstonCA

Livingston, CA is a 14K-resident city in Merced County with a median household income of $74,494.

Merced County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Livingston, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Livingston has a population larger than 22% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $372,700.

Data updated 2026-09-06

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 23%
By size
$74,494
Median income (place)
$372,700
Median home (place)
17.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Livingston

Livingston posts a median household income higher than 43% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 44%
by median income, US cities

Where Livingston income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$74,494 Bottom 43% higher than 43% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Livingston $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Livingston, CA beyond the headline numbers

Livingston sits inside Merced County, California, at roughly 37.39°N, -120.72°W. Population 13,902, $74,494 median household income. Median home value $372,700, median rent $1,315. Poverty rate 17.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

17.1% of Livingston, CA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Livingston runs about 5.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 4.5% of Livingston workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 21.4% in Livingston, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Livingston workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Livingston's median age is 33 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Livingston from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,902
Livingston · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$74,494
-17% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$372,700
-10% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Merced County): Livingston's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
290K+12%
Median Income
$65,510+54%
Median Home Value
$391,800+168%
Poverty Rate
19.1%-25%
Unemployment
10.5%-41%

Economics

Economics indicators for Livingston, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,315/mo
Poverty Rate
17.1% +38% vs avg
Unemployment 11.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 10.9%
Work From Home 4.5%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 15.3%
African American 0.3%
Asian 22.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
39.6%
Physical Inactivity
37.1%
Obesity
31.7%
High Blood Pressure
30.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
21.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.4%
Diabetes
14.5%
Binge Drinking
14.4%
Current Smoking
14.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 48.4%
Annual Checkup 68.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.8%
Stroke
3.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Livingston?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Livingston right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-LIVINGSTON-CA · Livingston

Livingston: 13 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 13 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Victoria

Tagged alert mix: Livingston

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 13 tagged notices on record for Livingston.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Victoria, TX (13 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Livingston; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (13 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Victoria, TX 13 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Livingston, CA? ▼
Livingston, CA has a population of 13,902 people, located in Merced County, California.
What is the median household income in Livingston? ▼
The median household income in Livingston, CA is $74,494 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 17.1%.
What is the median home value in Livingston? ▼
The median home value in Livingston, CA is $372,700. Median rent is $1,315/month.
What are the top health concerns in Livingston? ▼
The top health indicators in Livingston include Short Sleep Duration (39.6%), Physical Inactivity (37.1%), Obesity (31.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Livingston? ▼
The median age in Livingston, CA is 33 years. 10.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Livingston, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (17.1% here).

San Antonio, TX 17.1% Corpus Christi, TX 17.1% Lehigh Acres, FL 17.1% Kokomo, IN 17.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($74,494 here).

Somersworth, NH $74,504 Spring Valley, NV $74,511 Dunedin, FL $74,477 Mount Dora, FL $74,537

Compare Livingston with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Delhi, CA 11K Winton, CA 11K Atwater, CA 29K Turlock, CA 72K Merced, CA 82K Newman, CA 11K Ceres, CA 48K Los Banos, CA 37K
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Using Livingston's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Livingston area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Merced County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.