Atwater vs Livingston

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

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

Atwater has the higher population (32,013 vs 14,450 in Livingston). Livingston has the higher median household income ($76,158 vs $63,945 in Atwater). Atwater has the higher median home value ($340,600 vs $339,800 in Livingston).

Population, income & housing

	Atwater	Livingston
Population	32,013	14,450
Median age	33.9 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,945	$76,158
Median home value	$340,600	$339,800
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,281
Housing units	10,525	3,582
Homeownership rate	52.3%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwater	Livingston
Population	29,296 → 32,013 (+9.3%)	14,228 → 14,450 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$55,674 → $63,945 (+14.9%)	$54,886 → $76,158 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$229,400 → $340,600 (+48.5%)	$229,900 → $339,800 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $1,219 (+22.1%)	$1,054 → $1,281 (+21.5%)

Atwater

Population

29,29632,013

Median household income

$55,674$63,945

Median home value

$229,400$340,600

Median gross rent

$998$1,219

Livingston

Population

14,22814,450

Median household income

$54,886$76,158

Median home value

$229,900$339,800

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,281

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwater	Livingston
Under 5	6.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	22.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.7%
75 and over	5.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwater	Livingston
White (non-Hispanic)	29.3%	5.3%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	20.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	57.5%	71.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwater	Livingston
No high school diploma	26.2%	43.6%
High school graduate	28.5%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwater	Livingston
Drove alone	80.5%	81.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.7%
Other means	3.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwater	Livingston
1-unit, detached	67.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Atwater	Livingston
Poverty rate	20.0%	15.8%
Average household size	3.09	4.20
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1979	1992