With 68,762 people, Walker County is a county in Georgia. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 21% of adults. The foreign-born share is 1%. 77% of homes are owner-occupied. The typical home is worth $197,100, having roughly tripled since 2000. The median age is 42.1, about 3 years above the US median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $59,469, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 57%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Walker County
What changed most since 1990
White share95.5% → 89.3%(−6.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)15.4%(535)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)22.5%(780)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era46.7%(1,619)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.7%(197)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.3%(10)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,468 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Walker County, decade by decade
Walker County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
58,340
$57,765
$108,963
8.4%
10.9
2000
61,053
$59,033
$125,512
10.2%
14.6
2010
68,756
$55,706
$155,510
12.8%
18.6
2020
67,654
$56,482
$147,384
19.2%
27.4
2024
68,762
$59,469
$197,100
21.3%
24.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
