Gainesville vs Livingston

A side-by-side comparison of Gainesville and Livingston: population, income, housing, and more.

Gainesville and Livingston are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Livingston has the higher population (3,243 vs 266 in Gainesville). Since 2019, Gainesville's population has grown faster (+63.2% vs -3.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Livingston
Population	266	3,243
Median age	35.0 yrs	20.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$24,491
Median home value	—	$163,300
Median gross rent	$902	$763
Housing units	129	700
Homeownership rate	33.3%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Livingston
Population	163 → 266 (+63.2%)	3,356 → 3,243 (-3.4%)
Median household income	—	$11,969 → $24,491 (+104.6%)
Median home value	$258,900 → $255,000 (-1.5%)	$131,700 → $163,300 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $902 (+28.9%)	$342 → $763 (+123.1%)

Gainesville

Population

163266

Median home value

$258,900$255,000

Median gross rent

$700$902

Livingston

Population

3,3563,243

Median household income

$11,969$24,491

Median home value

$131,700$163,300

Median gross rent

$342$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Livingston
Under 5	3.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	30.5%	10.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	66.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	7.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	4.9%
45 to 54	22.2%	1.8%
55 to 64	7.1%	2.9%
65 to 74	1.9%	1.9%
75 and over	3.4%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Livingston
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	42.0%
Black or African American	79.7%	51.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Livingston
No high school diploma	24.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	25.0%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Livingston
Drove alone	74.1%	65.7%
Carpooled	20.5%	6.0%
Public transit	5.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Livingston
1-unit, detached	72.1%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	27.9%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Livingston
Poverty rate	41.0%	33.0%
Average household size	3.06	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	43	18
Median year structure built	1981	1976