Walton County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+46%. Democratic peak: D+97 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+46MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 103,3132024 5-year
- Median household income
- $84,9452024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 19.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Barrow County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Walton CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Walton County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +47.3% |
| 1896 | +15.4% |
| 1900 | +33.6% |
| 1904 | +42.1% |
| 1908 | +25.1% |
| 1912 | +70.5% |
| 1916 | +82.6% |
| 1920 | +81.3% |
| 1924 | +76.4% |
| 1928 | +45.6% |
| 1932 | +96.7% |
| 1936 | +87.2% |
| 1940 | +90.7% |
| 1944 | +84.5% |
| 1948 | +79.3% |
| 1952 | +83.8% |
| 1956 | +74.9% |
| 1960 | +77.0% |
| 1964 | −10.0% |
| 1968 | +2.2% |
| 1972 | −55.6% |
| 1976 | +52.4% |
| 1980 | +26.1% |
| 1984 | −33.6% |
| 1988 | −31.6% |
| 1992 | −6.4% |
| 1996 | −15.4% |
| 2000 | −39.2% |
| 2004 | −56.8% |
| 2008 | −52.1% |
| 2012 | −55.4% |
| 2016 | −55.9% |
| 2020 | −49.2% |
| 2024 | −45.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 15,605 | 42,407 | 58,494 | ||
| R | 12,682 | 37,842 | 51,095 | ||
| R | 8,292 | 31,125 | 40,858 | ||
| R | 8,148 | 29,036 | 37,677 | ||
| R | 8,469 | 27,253 | 36,026 | ||
| R | 5,887 | 21,594 | 27,647 | ||
| R | 5,484 | 12,966 | 19,083 | ||
| R | 5,618 | 7,934 | 15,020 | ||
| R | 4,821 | 5,619 | 12,391 | ||
| R | 3,091 | 5,974 | 9,112 | ||
| R | 2,481 | 4,995 | 7,476 | ||
| D | 4,525 | 2,618 | 7,303 | ||
| D | 5,402 | 1,687 | 7,089 | ||
| R | 1,140 | 3,994 | 5,134 | ||
| O | 1,552 | 1,399 | 6,998 | ||
| R | 2,350 | 2,874 | 5,226 | ||
| D | 3,095 | 403 | 3,498 | ||
| D | 3,271 | 470 | 3,741 | ||
| D | 3,672 | 324 | 3,996 | ||
| D | 2,440 | 164 | 2,871 | ||
| D | 2,046 | 172 | 2,218 | ||
| D | 2,179 | 104 | 2,288 | ||
| D | 1,952 | 132 | 2,086 | ||
| D | 2,136 | 36 | 2,172 | ||
| D | 1,135 | 424 | 1,559 | ||
| D | 873 | 90 | 1,025 | ||
| D | 1,189 | 123 | 1,312 | ||
| D | 1,305 | 83 | 1,479 | ||
| D | 885 | 40 | 1,199 | ||
| D | 727 | 389 | 1,348 | ||
| D | 877 | 245 | 1,501 | ||
| D | 836 | 385 | 1,343 | ||
| D | 1,001 | 726 | 1,780 | ||
| D | 1,286 | 368 | 1,940 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.4%
American
10.6%
Irish
10.2%
German
7.6%
Scottish
2.2%
Italian
1.7%
Polish
1.2%
African American
15.2%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$84,945
Walton County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Walton County$84,945
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Walton County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.8%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.4%
speak English only
Spanish4.3%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Other languages1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Walton County, anchored by Monroe and sitting at the edge of Atlanta's expanding exurban ring, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting a fast-growing but politically homogeneous electorate.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-seven points in 2004 at its widest — Walton County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-six points.
A median household income of $84,945 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 103,313 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Barrow County and Dawson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Walton County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Walton County, Georgia voted Republican by 45.8 points (R+46), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 58,494 votes cast, 15,605 went Democratic and 42,407 went Republican.
What is Walton County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Walton County, Georgia in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Walton County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Walton County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Walton County, Georgia?
Walton County, Georgia has a population of 103,313 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Walton County, Georgia?
Median household income in Walton County, Georgia is $84,945 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Walton County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Walton County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.