West Livingston is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Polk County, Texas, United States, located along the eastern shore of Lake Livingston 6 miles (9.7 km) west of central Livingston. The population was 8,071 at the 2010 census. West Livingston has the Livingston Municipal Airport and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the location of the State of Texas death row for men.