Highlands County vs Walton County

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

Highlands 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.

Highlands County has the higher population (103,808 vs 79,846 in Walton County). Walton County has the higher median household income ($79,281 vs $55,581 in Highlands County). Walton County has the higher median home value ($376,400 vs $177,900 in Highlands County).

Population, income & housing

	Highlands County	Walton County
Population	103,808	79,846
Median age	54.2 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,581	$79,281
Median home value	$177,900	$376,400
Median gross rent	$980	$1,674
Housing units	58,086	58,894
Homeownership rate	78.9%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlands County	Walton County
Population	103,437 → 103,808 (+0.4%)	68,262 → 79,846 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$40,942 → $55,581 (+35.8%)	$58,093 → $79,281 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$108,100 → $177,900 (+64.6%)	$229,500 → $376,400 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $980 (+20.1%)	$979 → $1,674 (+71.0%)

Highlands County

Population

103,437103,808

Median household income

$40,942$55,581

Median home value

$108,100$177,900

Median gross rent

$816$980

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)

	Highlands County	Walton County
Under 5	4.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	17.3%	12.5%
75 and over	18.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlands County	Walton County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	81.5%
Black or African American	9.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.5%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlands County	Walton County
No high school diploma	13.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	34.5%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlands County	Walton County
Drove alone	75.9%	69.8%
Carpooled	12.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.6%	14.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlands County	Walton County
1-unit, detached	61.4%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	16.3%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Highlands County	Walton County
Poverty rate	15.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1986	2000