The population of Walton county is estimated at 65,440. In 2017 there were 801 births and 626 deaths in Walton county. Walton county has 9,204 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,990 that are owned free and clear and 6,107 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Walton County filed 30,580 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Florida filings and 0.021% of the entire nation. Walton had a combined total federal tax liability of $606,926,000 on earned income of $2,873,802,000. Other notable statistics from Walton County were 350 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,231,000 and 6,400 charitable contributions valued at $80,397,000. 6,770 filings from Walton County paid a combined total of $33,147,000 in property taxes and 5,640 filings paid $61,698,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Walton county had 120 religious congregations with an estimated 22,237 members.
26.7% of the Walton population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 51% of Walton County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 5,079 votes.
At $52,922 the median income is 100.6% of the Florida average. An estimated 1,063 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Walton, the equivalant of around 3.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Walton County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,140	Accommodation and food services
3,638	Retail trade
3,254	Food services and drinking places
3,108	Restaurants and other eating places
2,560	Health care and social assistance
2,242	Full-service restaurants
1,886	Accommodation
1,205	Clothing and clothing accessories stores
939	Ambulatory health care services
915	Real estate and rental and leasing
909	Clothing stores
866	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
859	Administrative and support services
843	Real estate
715	Limited-service restaurants

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.31% in Walton County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 32550 and 32459).

In 2018 12.24% of listings in Walton County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 32550, 32433, 32439 and 32459) dropped their price.

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