Walton County, Florida

2024 results by precinct

21 precincts · 49,589 votes cast

Trump · R+58

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−57.8%	10,285	38,960	49,589
2020	R	−51.7%	10,338	32,947	43,711
2016	R	−56.1%	6,876	25,756	33,637
2012	R	−52.0%	6,671	21,490	28,494
2008	R	−45.8%	7,174	19,561	27,046
2004	R	−47.3%	6,213	17,555	23,976
2000	R	−35.7%	5,643	12,186	18,323
1996	R	−15.3%	5,342	7,709	15,518
1992	R	−13.6%	3,888	5,726	13,554
1988	R	−39.4%	3,235	7,490	10,808
1984	R	−48.0%	2,503	7,126	9,629
1980	R	−3.6%	4,360	4,694	9,336
1976	D	+27.4%	5,196	2,927	8,279
1972	R	−72.3%	988	6,217	7,235
1968	D	+1.4%	1,064	963	7,162
1964	R	−21.0%	2,449	3,753	6,202
1960	D	+42.1%	3,642	1,484	5,126
1956	D	+33.5%	3,225	1,606	4,831
1952	D	+41.0%	3,593	1,502	5,095
1948	D	+45.1%	2,366	652	3,799
1944	D	+57.7%	2,569	689	3,258
1940	D	+64.5%	3,217	694	3,911
1936	D	+69.0%	2,778	510	3,288
1932	D	+78.1%	2,477	305	2,782
1928	R	−23.6%	908	1,475	2,404
1924	D	+51.6%	825	220	1,172
1920	D	+33.6%	1,297	619	2,019
1916	D	+13.8%	753	549	1,478
1912	D	+50.9%	612	74	1,056
1908	D	+13.9%	504	369	972
1904	D	+4.2%	354	322	755
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	D	+22.8%	484	304	788
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

3.3%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 43.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.8%

2.8%

75–84

3.2%

6.2%

65–74

6.5%

7.7%

55–64

8.1%

6.3%

45–54

6.5%

6.6%

35–44

6.3%

25–34

4.9%

3.2%

18–24

3.1%

7.8%

5–17

7.5%

3.0%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$81,986

Walton County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Walton County$81,986

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

10.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.8%

Baptist

8.9%

Methodist

5.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.3%

Mainline Protestant

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Walton County's resort corridor and rural inland precincts together produced an R+57.8 presidential margin in 2024, making it one of the most reliably one-sided counties in a state that itself has shifted sharply rightward over the past decade.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Walton County peaked at seventy-eight points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of four points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Walton County's median household income of $81,986 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of White County and Madison County.

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For ninety-two years, Walton County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.