Putnam County vs Walton County

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

Putnam 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 74,235 in Putnam County). Walton County has the higher median household income ($79,281 vs $47,256 in Putnam County). Walton County has the higher median home value ($376,400 vs $147,300 in Putnam County).

Population, income & housing

	Putnam County	Walton County
Population	74,235	79,846
Median age	45.0 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,256	$79,281
Median home value	$147,300	$376,400
Median gross rent	$902	$1,674
Housing units	36,614	58,894
Homeownership rate	72.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Putnam County	Walton County
Population	73,252 → 74,235 (+1.3%)	68,262 → 79,846 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$37,670 → $47,256 (+25.4%)	$58,093 → $79,281 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $147,300 (+65.3%)	$229,500 → $376,400 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $902 (+23.9%)	$979 → $1,674 (+71.0%)

Putnam County

Population

73,25274,235

Median household income

$37,670$47,256

Median home value

$89,100$147,300

Median gross rent

$728$902

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)

	Putnam County	Walton County
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.5%
75 and over	9.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Putnam County	Walton County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	81.5%
Black or African American	15.1%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Putnam County	Walton County
No high school diploma	17.8%	8.6%
High school graduate	40.6%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Putnam County	Walton County
Drove alone	77.7%	69.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.6%	14.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Putnam County	Walton County
1-unit, detached	49.7%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	1.2%	16.3%
Mobile home & other	42.8%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Putnam County	Walton County
Poverty rate	23.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1984	2000