The Walton Golf Club is 2 kilometres from the centre of the village.

The area is predominantly dairying with some maize growing and meat chicken farming.

Industry is small consisting mainly of small service industries but there is a large grain drying plant sited next to the railway line.

Walton had a flag station on the East Coast Main Trunk,[3] opened from Morrinsville to Tīrau (then called Oxford) on Monday 8 March 1886[4] by the Thames Valley & Rotorua Railway Co. New Zealand Railways Department took over the line on 1 April 1886.

By 1896 a platform, cart approach, loading bank, sheep yards and a passing loop for 21 wagons had been added.

Walton station closed to passengers on 2 February 1981 and to goods on 29 March 1981, except private siding traffic and was closed completely on Monday 3 November 1986.

Walton is in an SA1 statistical area, which also includes Richmond Downs and covers 15.86 km2 (6.12 sq mi).

The percentage of people born overseas was 13.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.