Places/GA/Walton County, GA
County profile

Walton County, GA

United States · GDP 2024
#769 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21,184
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,000
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
112,696
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$84.9k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
24.5%±1.5%
Poverty rate
11.9%±1.5%
Business applications
2,069 · 2025
Retail establishments
241
21.9/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

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 & accommodation19%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing18%
Health care18%
Construction15%
Transportation11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
112,696
residents · 2025 · +16.0% since 2020
Income per capita $55.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+13,966
International migration+818
Natural change+702

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.8B
2019
$2.9B
2020
$3.2B
2021
$3.6B
2022
$4.0B
2023
$4.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$339.5k±$7.6k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$62/mo
Vacancy rate
4.6%±1.2%
Affordability
6.3× wages
Residential permits
$167.4M
569 units · 5.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
55.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 74Tornado 74Hail 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
214
2016
227
2017
248
2018
263
2019
280
2020
322
2021
399
2022
433
2023
459
2024
467
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-50% since 2021
1,144
2021
1,147
2022
867
2023
668
2024
569
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.9 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
GRWR
Nearest port
192.8 km
BOWATERS NEWSPRINT, CALHOUN
Nearest commercial airport
41.9 km
ATHENS/BEN EPPS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$54.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Walton?

Walton's economy produced $4.3B in 2024, growing 7.2% year over yearfaster 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.