89,666 people (2024 Census estimate, +18.2% since 2020)
1,038 square miles of land · 86 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
9 active community water systems list Walton County in the area they serve, reporting 123,608 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| REGIONAL UTILITIES WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · FL1660596 | 62,225 served |
| SOUTH WALTON UTILITY COMPANY groundwater · private · FL1660615 | 26,668 served |
| DEFUNIAK SPRINGS W/S, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL1660196 | 12,243 served |
| FREEPORT, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL1660290 | 12,020 served |
| MOSSY HEAD WATER WORKS, INC. groundwater · private · FL1660803 | 4,386 served |
| NORTH BAY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · FL1664019 | 3,171 served |
| CITY OF PAXTON groundwater · local government · FL1660524 | 1,578 served |
| ARGYLE WATER SYSTEM, INC. groundwater · public/private · FL1660028 | 1,157 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 322 people were held in Walton County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 289.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Walton County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $213 million — $158.8 million to run schools, about $13,721 per student, plus $44.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $175.3 million local (mostly property tax), $20 million state, $27.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $49.3 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Walton County about $68.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
232 bridges in Walton County: 81 in good condition, 137 fair, and 14 poor (6.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| CR 30A over Western Lake · built 1970 | 7,900 vehicles a day |
| CR 30A over Western Lake · built 1970 | 7,900 vehicles a day |
| CR 280 over Bear Creek · built 1951 | 4,400 vehicles a day |
| CR 185 over Bay Branch · built 1901 | 1,500 vehicles a day |
| CR 181 over Natural Bridge Creek · built 1958 | 500 vehicles a day |
| CR 280A over Bruce Creek · built 1956 | 500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $13.1 million of work in Walton County in fiscal 2025, about $174 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Vote-by-mail request due by 5 pm: 2026-10-22. Early voting — the statewide minimum: 2026-10-24 to 2026-10-31. Election Day — and mail ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03.
Source: Florida Division of Elections — election dates · WPTV, 2026 deadlines · Florida Division of Elections — early voting
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Nearby counties: Okaloosa County (26 mi) · Holmes County (29 mi) · Washington County (30 mi) · Geneva County, AL (41 mi) · Bay County (47 mi) · Covington County, AL (49 mi).