Blue River vs Livingston

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

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

Livingston has the higher population (517 vs 484 in Blue River). Livingston has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $56,830 in Blue River). Livingston has the higher median home value ($153,100 vs $123,800 in Blue River).

Population, income & housing

	Blue River	Livingston
Population	484	517
Median age	42.2 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,830	$65,625
Median home value	$123,800	$153,100
Median gross rent	$685	$675
Housing units	271	228
Homeownership rate	84.2%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue River	Livingston
Population	471 → 484 (+2.8%)	608 → 517 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$43,250 → $56,830 (+31.4%)	$58,472 → $65,625 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $123,800 (+41.5%)	$112,000 → $153,100 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $685 (+21.9%)	$772 → $675 (-12.6%)

Blue River

Population

471484

Median household income

$43,250$56,830

Median home value

$87,500$123,800

Median gross rent

$562$685

Livingston

Population

608517

Median household income

$58,472$65,625

Median home value

$112,000$153,100

Median gross rent

$772$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue River	Livingston
Under 5	4.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	22.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.9%
75 and over	14.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue River	Livingston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.4%
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	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue River	Livingston
No high school diploma	10.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	40.4%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue River	Livingston
Drove alone	84.2%	81.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue River	Livingston
1-unit, detached	73.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Blue River	Livingston
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1975	1968