About the Livingston, New Jersey Area 

Livingston is a township in Essex County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 27,391. 

Although largely a bedroom community, there are numerous stores and restaurants located in Livingston. They include chain stores such as Barnes & Noble, Borders, Old Navy, and restaurants such as The Original SoupMan, as well as department stores in The Livingston Mall (e.g., Macy's, Lord & Taylor, the Gap). Additionally, there are many local, independent stores. Construction on the new walkable town center and the housing complex next to it has been completed.  

Livingston has a cable television station (Livingston TV on Comcast TV-34 and Verizon FiOS 26), which is maintained by Livingston High School Students as well as the LPBC (Livingston Public Broadcasting Committee). 

 Transportation

Livingston is a wonderful community located about 22 miles from New York City. There is a Coach USA (Community Coach) bus to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. This commute by bus into New York City is approximately 45 minutes. New Jersey Transit bus service 70, 71, and 73 travel between Livingston and Newark Penn Station stopping at other towns and shopping malls on the way. At Newark Penn Station the commuter can catch a NJ transit train to NYC, a NJ Path train to Hoboken, NYC or Jersey City and the new NJ Transit Light Rail. Those who would prefer to commute to New York by train directly can take a quick trip down South Orange Ave and catch the NJ Transit Train located South Orange.  

In and near Livingston are Eisenhower Parkway, County Route 508, County Route 527, Interstate 280, Route 10 and the Morristown and Erie Railway. 

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 27,391 people, 9,300 households, and 7,932 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,973.1 people per square mile (761.9/km²). There were 9,457 housing units at an average density of 681.2/sq mi (263.1/km²).  

There were 9,300 households out of which 41.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.0% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.7% were non-families. 13.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.21.  

In the township the population was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males.  

The median income for a household in the township is $98,869, and the median income for a family was $108,049. Males had a median income of $77,256 versus $41,654 for females. The per capita income for the town was $47,218. About 1.1% of families and 1.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over. 

Education

The Livingston Public Schools serves students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are six K-5 elementary schools — Burnet Hill School (417 students), Collins (419), Harrison (486), (442), Mount Pleasant (385) and Riker Hill (440) — Mount Pleasant Middle School or grade 6 (364), Heritage Middle School for grades 7 and 8 (826) and Livingston High School for grades 9-12 (1,588).  

For the 1997-98 school year, Livingston High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. Livingston High School was the 14th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.  

Livingston's schools participate in many county, interschool, state, and national competitions. Some of these include the popular "Cognetics" program, Math Counts, various national, state, and county math contests, debate contests, Academically Speaking (a county competition to test broad knowledge), Knowledge Master Open (KMO, a national computer-based contest to test broad knowledge), and many more.  

Aquinas Academy is a private coeducational Roman Catholic school that serves students from preschool through eighth grade. Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy is a private coeducational Jewish day school that serves preschool through eighth grade. Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School is a four-year yeshiva high school for grades 9-12. Newark Academy is a private coeducational day school for grades 6-12 

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