Livingston vs Pray

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

Livingston and Pray 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 1,018 in Pray). Pray has the higher median household income ($102,143 vs $65,187 in Livingston). Pray has the higher median home value ($601,400 vs $348,700 in Livingston).

Population, income & housing

	Livingston	Pray
Population	8,635	1,018
Median age	43.1 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,187	$102,143
Median home value	$348,700	$601,400
Median gross rent	$987	—
Housing units	4,220	601
Homeownership rate	62.5%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Livingston	Pray
Population	7,575 → 8,635 (+14.0%)	749 → 1,018 (+35.9%)
Median household income	$46,097 → $65,187 (+41.4%)	$65,972 → $102,143 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$224,200 → $348,700 (+55.5%)	$421,900 → $601,400 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $987 (+21.4%)	$1,184 → $1,071 (-9.5%)

Livingston

Population

7,5758,635

Median household income

$46,097$65,187

Median home value

$224,200$348,700

Median gross rent

$813$987

Pray

Population

7491,018

Median household income

$65,972$102,143

Median home value

$421,900$601,400

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Livingston	Pray
Under 5	6.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	3.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	27.3%
65 to 74	12.0%	24.1%
75 and over	8.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Livingston	Pray
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Livingston	Pray
No high school diploma	2.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Livingston	Pray
Drove alone	70.2%	64.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	8.9%
Public transit	0.7%	4.7%
Walked	1.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	16.4%
Other means	0.2%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Livingston	Pray
1-unit, detached	70.0%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Livingston	Pray
Poverty rate	15.1%	5.2%
Average household size	2.07	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1954	1998