Livingston vs Watson

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

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

Livingston has the higher population (1,860 vs 1,503 in Watson). Watson has the higher median household income ($147,500 vs $78,056 in Livingston). Watson has the higher median home value ($245,000 vs $197,600 in Livingston).

Population, income & housing

	Livingston	Watson
Population	1,860	1,503
Median age	38.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,056	$147,500
Median home value	$197,600	$245,000
Median gross rent	$806	—
Housing units	730	513
Homeownership rate	75.4%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Livingston	Watson
Population	1,844 → 1,860 (+0.9%)	1,252 → 1,503 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$54,781 → $78,056 (+42.5%)	$92,300 → $147,500 (+59.8%)
Median home value	$151,000 → $197,600 (+30.9%)	$190,500 → $245,000 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $806 (-4.6%)	—

Livingston

Population

1,8441,860

Median household income

$54,781$78,056

Median home value

$151,000$197,600

Median gross rent

$845$806

Watson

Population

1,2521,503

Median household income

$92,300$147,500

Median home value

$190,500$245,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Livingston	Watson
Under 5	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	14.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.0%
35 to 44	16.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	25.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.6%
75 and over	6.3%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Livingston	Watson
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	84.4%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Livingston	Watson
No high school diploma	11.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	41.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Livingston	Watson
Drove alone	84.5%	83.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	11.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Livingston	Watson
1-unit, detached	71.6%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Livingston	Watson
Poverty rate	9.4%	17.0%
Average household size	2.73	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1989	1998