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Walton

Overview

  • Walton County is a large county that stretches from the Alabama border to the Gulf of Mexico, providing a diverse landscape that marries business opportunities with an unparalleled quality of life.
  • World-renowned for its “New Urbanism” beach communities such as Seaside and Watercolor, Walton County’s coastal communities offer miles of pristine white sand beaches, acres of lakes and state forests, and endless art galleries, shops and restaurants. Away from the coast, the county offers several communities with fully-developed industrial parks and enterprise zones.
  • Transportation infrastructure includes the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in neighboring Bay County, DeFuniak Springs Municipal Airport, Northwest Florida Regional Airport in adjacent Okaloosa County, CSX rail, Interstate 10, a barge port in Freeport, and proximity to Port Panama City, a deep water port which serves as a foreign trade zone.

Major Employers

Contact Information

Scarlett Phaneuf
Walton County Economic Development Alliance
76 North Sixth Street
DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433
850.892.4859
E-mail
Walton Website

Data

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2011 - 2012 Size and Growth

Description 2011 Jobs 2012 Jobs Growth % Growth 2011 EPW
Agriculture, natural resources, and mining 884 907 23 3% $26,043
Construction 2,204 2,318 114 5% $39,268
Education and health services 2,255 2,421 166 7% $36,106
Financial activities 3,220 3,482 262 8% $25,286
Government 3,159 3,304 145 5% $54,832
Information 151 160 9 6% $40,287
Leisure and hospitality 4,956 5,251 295 6% $26,283
Manufacturing 461 488 27 6% $41,663
Other services 1,778 1,912 134 8% $26,963
Professional and business services 2,615 2,836 221 8% $35,277
Trade, transportation, and utilities 4,488 4,695 207 5% $31,087
Total 26,172 27,772 1,600 6% $33,658

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4

2011 Industrial Makeup

Description 2011 Regional Jobs % Regional Jobs 2011 State Jobs % State Jobs
Agriculture, natural resources, and mining 884 3.4% 165,769 1.7%
Construction 2,204 8.4% 488,804 5.0%
Education and health services 2,255 8.6% 1,314,618 13.4%
Financial activities 3,220 12.3% 1,122,936 11.5%
Government 3,159 12.1% 1,156,064 11.8%
Information 151 0.6% 161,352 1.7%
Leisure and hospitality 4,956 18.9% 1,093,927 11.2%
Manufacturing 461 1.8% 339,135 3.5%
Other services 1,778 6.8% 591,579 6.1%
Professional and business services 2,615 10.0% 1,554,206 15.9%
Trade, transportation, and utilities 4,488 17.1% 1,786,125 18.3%

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4

Data Sources and Calculations

Industry Data
In order to capture a complete picture of industry employment, EMSI basically combines covered employment data from Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) produced by the Department of Labor with total employment data in Regional Economic Information System (REIS) published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), augmented with County Business Patterns (CBP) and Nonemployer Statistics (NES) published by the U.S. Census Bureau. Projections are based on the latest available EMSI industry data, 15-year past local trends in each industry, growth rates in statewide and (where available) sub-state area industry projections published by individual state agencies, and (in part) growth rates in national projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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