Emigrant vs Livingston

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

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

Livingston has the higher population (8,635 vs 387 in Emigrant). Livingston has the higher median household income ($65,187 vs $44,375 in Emigrant). Since 2019, Emigrant's population has grown faster (+42.8% vs +14.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Emigrant	Livingston
Population	387	8,635
Median age	55.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$65,187
Median home value	—	$348,700
Median gross rent	$824	$987
Housing units	244	4,220
Homeownership rate	74.9%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.0%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emigrant	Livingston
Population	271 → 387 (+42.8%)	7,575 → 8,635 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$37,958 → $44,375 (+16.9%)	$46,097 → $65,187 (+41.4%)
Median home value	—	$224,200 → $348,700 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $824 (-14.2%)	$813 → $987 (+21.4%)

Emigrant

Population

271387

Median household income

$37,958$44,375

Median gross rent

$960$824

Livingston

Population

7,5758,635

Median household income

$46,097$65,187

Median home value

$224,200$348,700

Median gross rent

$813$987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emigrant	Livingston
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	5.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	34.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	4.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	4.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	30.0%	12.0%
75 and over	10.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emigrant	Livingston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emigrant	Livingston
No high school diploma	5.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	18.8%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	51.5%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emigrant	Livingston
Drove alone	74.1%	70.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	15.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emigrant	Livingston
1-unit, detached	34.0%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Emigrant	Livingston
Poverty rate	37.2%	15.1%
Average household size	1.65	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	39	23
Median year structure built	1990	1954