Livingston vs Merced

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

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

Merced has the higher population (89,766 vs 14,450 in Livingston). Livingston has the higher median household income ($76,158 vs $59,938 in Merced). Merced has the higher median home value ($347,700 vs $339,800 in Livingston).

Population, income & housing

	Livingston	Merced
Population	14,450	89,766
Median age	33.2 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,158	$59,938
Median home value	$339,800	$347,700
Median gross rent	$1,281	$1,293
Housing units	3,582	29,208
Homeownership rate	58.9%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Livingston	Merced
Population	14,228 → 14,450 (+1.6%)	82,662 → 89,766 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$54,886 → $76,158 (+38.8%)	$45,232 → $59,938 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$229,900 → $339,800 (+47.8%)	$237,500 → $347,700 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,281 (+21.5%)	$1,005 → $1,293 (+28.7%)

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

Merced

Population

82,66289,766

Median household income

$45,232$59,938

Median home value

$237,500$347,700

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Livingston	Merced
Under 5	7.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	22.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	16.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	5.7%	6.0%
75 and over	3.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Livingston	Merced
White (non-Hispanic)	5.3%	22.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	20.4%	9.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	71.2%	58.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Livingston	Merced
No high school diploma	43.6%	22.8%
High school graduate	26.0%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Livingston	Merced
Drove alone	81.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.7%	7.9%
Other means	2.4%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Livingston	Merced
1-unit, detached	82.0%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	4.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Livingston	Merced
Poverty rate	15.8%	23.0%
Average household size	4.20	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1992	1983