Living in Livingston, MT
Livingston is a big small town of 8,780 people in Park County, Montana. It's about 24 miles from Bozeman, MT and 345 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 57 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $392k and rent runs about $1k a month.
8,780people
$392kTypical home
$1,046/moRent
86° / 38°Summer / winter
57"Snow
205Sunny days
106Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,780
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,464 people per sq mi
- 345 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 24 mi to Bozeman, MT
- 24 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $392k (≈$2,474/mo)
- Median rent $1,046/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 205 sunny days a year (65 totally clear)
- 160 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 106 days a year with rain or snow
- 57" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 32 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (301 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,288 per 100k)
People
- Median age 44
- 24% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 39% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to BZN airport
- 314 mi to BOI (major hub)
- 229 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1954
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 4,502 ft
- 571 mi to the ocean
- 66 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 19 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 79 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 35 bars within 25 mi
- 37 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 9 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 24 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Montana districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 24 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Park County: R+8 in 2024
- Montana: R+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk