Floyd County vs Walton County

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

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

Walton County has the higher population (100,361 vs 98,985 in Floyd County). Walton County has the higher median household income ($82,381 vs $62,540 in Floyd County). Walton County has the higher median home value ($300,500 vs $194,100 in Floyd County).

Population, income & housing

	Floyd County	Walton County
Population	98,985	100,361
Median age	37.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,540	$82,381
Median home value	$194,100	$300,500
Median gross rent	$971	$1,231
Housing units	40,763	36,613
Homeownership rate	62.1%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floyd County	Walton County
Population	97,369 → 98,985 (+1.7%)	91,442 → 100,361 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$48,336 → $62,540 (+29.4%)	$61,599 → $82,381 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$132,400 → $194,100 (+46.6%)	$190,300 → $300,500 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $971 (+27.4%)	$1,000 → $1,231 (+23.1%)

Floyd County

Population

97,36998,985

Median household income

$48,336$62,540

Median home value

$132,400$194,100

Median gross rent

$762$971

Walton County

Population

91,442100,361

Median household income

$61,599$82,381

Median home value

$190,300$300,500

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Floyd County	Walton County
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.5%
75 and over	6.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floyd County	Walton County
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	69.7%
Black or African American	13.5%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floyd County	Walton County
No high school diploma	15.1%	12.7%
High school graduate	30.7%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floyd County	Walton County
Drove alone	78.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	2.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	12.1%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floyd County	Walton County
1-unit, detached	72.1%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Floyd County	Walton County
Poverty rate	16.8%	12.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1977	1997