Places/LA/Livingston Parish, LA
County profile

Livingston Parish, LA

United States · GDP 2024
#780 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 73% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
24,542
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,104
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
155,036
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$80.1k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±1.7%
Poverty rate
12.9%±1.3%
Business applications
2,217 · 2025
Retail establishments
343
22.4/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Retail trade29%
Food & accommodation23%
Construction17%
Health care14%
Manufacturing10%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
155,036
residents · 2025 · +8.5% since 2020
Income per capita $53.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+8,171
International migration+2,143
Natural change+1,952

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$3.5B
2019
$3.4B
2020
$3.7B
2021
$4.0B
2022
$4.1B
2023
$4.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$230.6k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$65/mo
Vacancy rate
10.6%±1.1%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
$193.3M
655 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
94.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 98Tornado 96Heat wave 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
269
2016
284
2017
289
2018
290
2019
298
2020
315
2021
353
2022
363
2023
373
2024
383
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-47% since 2021
1,239
2021
871
2022
1,079
2023
634
2024
655
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.9 km
I-12
Nearest freight rail
7.2 km
CN
Nearest port
34.2 km
PORT MANCHAC TERMINAL WHARVES
Nearest commercial airport
41.7 km
BATON ROUGE METRO, RYAN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$44.9k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Livingston?

Livingston's economy produced $4.2B in 2024, growing 3.0% year over yearslower than 64% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.