One of the benefits of Walton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.61 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small village, Walton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Walton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.03% of adults in Walton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Walton in 2022 was $33,836, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,344 for a family of four. However, Walton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Walton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.32% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Walton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Walton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Walton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Walton include Irish, English, German, Hungarian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Walton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
