Columbia County vs Walton County

A side-by-side comparison of Columbia County and Walton County: population, income, housing, and more.

Columbia County and Walton County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Walton County has the higher population (79,846 vs 70,755 in Columbia County). Walton County has the higher median household income ($79,281 vs $55,070 in Columbia County). Walton County has the higher median home value ($376,400 vs $186,400 in Columbia County).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia County	Walton County
Population	70,755	79,846
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,070	$79,281
Median home value	$186,400	$376,400
Median gross rent	$915	$1,674
Housing units	30,066	58,894
Homeownership rate	70.9%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia County	Walton County
Population	69,968 → 70,755 (+1.1%)	68,262 → 79,846 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$46,494 → $55,070 (+18.4%)	$58,093 → $79,281 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$124,200 → $186,400 (+50.1%)	$229,500 → $376,400 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $915 (+10.4%)	$979 → $1,674 (+71.0%)

Columbia County

Population

69,96870,755

Median household income

$46,494$55,070

Median home value

$124,200$186,400

Median gross rent

$829$915

Walton County

Population

68,26279,846

Median household income

$58,093$79,281

Median home value

$229,500$376,400

Median gross rent

$979$1,674

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia County	Walton County
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.5%
75 and over	8.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia County	Walton County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	81.5%
Black or African American	16.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia County	Walton County
No high school diploma	14.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia County	Walton County
Drove alone	77.6%	69.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	14.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia County	Walton County
1-unit, detached	52.1%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	6.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	16.3%
Mobile home & other	36.4%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Columbia County	Walton County
Poverty rate	17.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1991	2000