Walton County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 67,337 81.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,154 8.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,370 4.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 920 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,503 4.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 261 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 25 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 378 0.5%

• Under 18 17,350 20.9%
• 18–24 5,239 6.3%
• 25–44 20,022 24.1%
• 45–64 23,679 28.5%
• 65 and over 16,658 20.1%

Median household income

$83,035

90% interval $78,542–$87,528

+$5,348 vs FL · 15th of 67

Below poverty line

10.6%

90% interval 8.7%–12.5%

−1.5 pp vs FL · 51st of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.16 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.4B

0.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,289

Establishments

4,202

• Leisure & hospitality 8,947 25.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,220 20.4%
• Education & health services 4,656 13.1%
• Professional & business services 4,437 12.5%
• Construction 3,800 10.7%
• Public administration 2,288 6.5%
• Financial activities 2,260 6.4%
• Other services 1,018 2.9%
• Manufacturing 442 1.2%
• Information 213 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 107 0.3%
• Unclassified 27 0.1%

Home ownership

78.6%

+11.0 pp vs FL · 25th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,741

+$72 vs FL · 11th of 67

Owner-occupied

27,004

Renter-occupied

7,358

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $126,990/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $41,139/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 38,970 78.6%
• Democratic 10,287 20.7%
• Other / third-party 344 0.7%

• Spanish 4,479 5.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 504 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 250 0.3%
• Chinese 174 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 149 0.2%
• Tagalog 102 0.1%
• Vietnamese 56 0.1%
• Korean 34 0.0%
• Arabic 18 0.0%

Households

34,362

Family households

23,646

68.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,952

25.2% of families

Single-mother families

2,169

9.2% of families

Veterans

6,740

10.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 13,128 17.4%
• Catholic 7,404 9.8%
• Mainline Protestant 3,721 4.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,740 2.3%
• Black Protestant 1,424 1.9%

Health insured

85.3%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

14.7%

±1.7 pp

10th of 67

With a disability

13.6%

±1.3 pp

54th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

35.0%

±2 pp

+0.9 pp vs FL · 17th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.5%

90% interval 13.2%–15.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

1st Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

21 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); County Court judges (limited jurisdiction: claims ≤ $50,000, misdemeanors, traffic) separate. Vintage 2026 flcourts.gov; statutory judgeships are reauthorized annually by the Florida Supreme Court's certification of need under Fla. Stat. § 26.031 and may shift by ±1-2 between sessions. Counts for smaller rural circuits (3rd, 16th) are statutory minimums per § 26.031.)

Court seats

Crestview, DeFuniak Springs, Milton, Pensacola

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

25

38.11 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

25