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Places/FL/Walton County, FL
County profile

Walton County, FL

United States · GDP 2024
#617 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
26,994
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,348
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
93,288
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$82.0k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
35.0%±2.0%
Poverty rate
12.5%±1.8%
Business applications
2,795 · 2025
Retail establishments
498
55.3/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Xtreme Fighting Championships, Inc.Communication Services$2.1M——2NuEarth CorporationBasic Materials———

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Food & accommodation31%
Retail trade27%
Construction14%
Health care11%
Real estate10%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
93,288
residents · 2025 · +22.9% since 2020
Income per capita $94.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+15,688
International migration+1,387
Natural change+333

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$3.6B
2019
$3.8B
2020
$4.6B
2021
$5.3B
2022
$5.9B
2023
$6.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$425.1k±$23.3k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$115/mo
Vacancy rate
43.9%±1.7%
Affordability
7.8× wages
Residential permits
$1.2B
2,399 units · 25.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
88.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 97Lightning 95Tornado 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
273
2016
287
2017
317
2018
341
2019
359
2020
429
2021
521
2022
545
2023
561
2024
576
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -6% since 2021
2,541
2021
2,648
2022
2,794
2023
2,883
2024
2,399
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.2 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
9.8 km
FGA
Nearest port
17.1 km
MURPHY OIL CO
Nearest commercial airport
38.5 km
EGLIN AFB/DESTIN-FT WALTON BEACH
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
8-KXtreme Fighting Championships, Inc.04-26
10-QXtreme Fighting Championships, Inc.08-23
10-QXtreme Fighting Championships, Inc.05-23
8-KXtreme Fighting Championships, Inc.05-20
8-KXtreme Fighting Championships, Inc.05-06
10-KXtreme Fighting Championships, Inc.04-21
8-KXtreme Fighting Championships, Inc.11-24
10-QXtreme Fighting Championships, Inc.11-15
10-QXtreme Fighting Championships, Inc.09-27
10-QXtreme Fighting Championships, Inc.09-27
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$54.6k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Tangipahoa$6.4BWalworth$6.4BFranklin$6.4BBoone$6.4BWindham$6.5BNorthwest Hills$6.5B
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rank
Sumter$7.6BHernando$7.3BCitrus$7.0BFlagler$5.1BNassau$5.0BHighlands$3.8B
The read

What is the GDP of Walton?

Walton's economy produced $6.4B in 2024, growing 9.0% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.