The population of Walker county is estimated at 71,701. In 2017 there were 663 births and 580 deaths in Walker county. Walker county has 5,786 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,934 that are owned free and clear and 9,249 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Walker County filed 23,830 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Texas filings and 0.016% of the entire nation. Walker had a combined total federal tax liability of $169,910,000 on earned income of $1,106,877,000. Other notable statistics from Walker County were 570 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,242,000 and 3,370 charitable contributions valued at $22,858,000. 3,130 filings from Walker County paid a combined total of $13,834,000 in property taxes and 2,360 filings paid $15,528,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Walker county had 78 religious congregations with an estimated 28,766 members.
20.3% of the Walker population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 27% of Walker County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 4,617 votes.
At $42,304 the median income is 71.5% of the Texas average. An estimated 1,089 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 5.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Walker County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,397	Retail trade
2,179	Health care and social assistance
1,875	Accommodation and food services
1,706	Food services and drinking places
761	Manufacturing
638	Limited-service restaurants
473	Professional, scientific, and technical services
406	Finance and insurance
359	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
351	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
326	Home health care services
297	Other services (except public administration)
235	Gasoline stations
232	Clothing and clothing accessories stores
213	Offices of physicians

In 2018 the average price reduction was 8.10% in Walker County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 77340 and 77320).

In 2018 8.35% of listings in Walker County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 77340 and 77320) dropped their price.

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