Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Walnut Grove’s best subject grades are a B+ for schools and incomes; its weakest is a C for walkability. 89% of households own their home in Walnut Grove, against 58% in Georgia’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Walnut Grove's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. Dial Mill and Samuel H. Brodnax House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Walnut Grove has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Walnut Grove beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove High School | 9–12 | 1,511 |
Where Walnut Grove’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Walnut Grove is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 112 in 1910, 1,322 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2005 and 2 maps from 1964 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Walnut Grove, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Walnut Grove.
Its public schools are run by the Walton County school district. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Walnut Grove High School, with 1,511 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,511 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Walnut Grove for work: only 2% work in town. At 31 minutes, Walnut Grove’s average trip to work is where Georgia’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Walnut Grove has added 119 jobs, to 358 in 2023.
| Walnut Grove | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 9.1% | 8% |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 9.7% | 15% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Walnut Grove has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Walnut Grove is 90°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Walnut Grove beats the Georgia average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 75% of adults had a checkup this year in Walnut Grove.
| Walnut Grove | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 79% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 39% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| What stands out | Walnut Grove | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 11.5% | 13.3% |
| More smokers | 16.7% | 13.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Walnut Grove home is worth about $356,000, down 0.7% in a year, 8% above the Georgia typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Walnut Grove. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi MountainStone Mountain
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaMercedes-Benz Stadium
Big draw35 mi LakeLake Lanier
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaState Farm Arena
31 mi Zoo & aquariumGeorgia Aquarium
37 mi Stadium & arenaTruist ParkStone Mountain: KyleAndMelissa22, Public domain · Mercedes-Benz Stadium: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0 · Lake Lanier: http://www.terraprints.com, CC BY 2.5 · State Farm Arena: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Georgia Aquarium: Diliff, CC BY 2.5 · Truist Park: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Walnut Grove
About 6 of every 100 Walnut Grove residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
Town in Georgia, United States
Walnut Grove is a town in Walton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,322 in 2020.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4 years of the area's median household income ($89,724 across the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
