The population of Walker county is estimated at 68,326. In 2017 there were 751 births and 794 deaths in Walker county. Walker county has 11,632 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,978 that are owned free and clear and 6,887 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Walker County filed 25,860 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Georgia filings and 0.017% of the entire nation. Walker had a combined total federal tax liability of $157,002,000 on earned income of $1,142,571,000. Other notable statistics from Walker County were 1,460 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,237,000 and 4,280 charitable contributions valued at $28,501,000. 4,710 filings from Walker County paid a combined total of $10,154,000 in property taxes and 3,940 filings paid $22,525,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Walker county had 133 religious congregations with an estimated 38,296 members.
15.5% of the Walker population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 18.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 35% of Walker County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 2,060 votes.
At $44,176 the median income is 78.7% of the Georgia average. An estimated 1,402 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Walker, the equivalant of around 4.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Walker County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,652	Manufacturing
1,441	Retail trade
957	Health care and social assistance
621	Restaurants and other eating places
497	Professional, scientific, and technical services
470	Limited-service restaurants
407	Food and beverage stores
396	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
313	Finance and insurance
258	Other services (except public administration)
214	Gasoline stations
210	Credit intermediation and related activities
162	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
136	Personal and laundry services
133	Fabricated metal product manufacturing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.02% in Walker County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 30741, 30728 and 30707).

In 2018 15.38% of listings in Walker County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 30739, 30741, 30728 and 30707) dropped their price.

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