Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Tallahassee, FL Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Tallahassee ranks 262nd for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 244th for income. A household earns $65,009 a year while median rent runs $1,330/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 6% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is education (43rd of 300), while job market is the soft spot (270th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 170th and home prices 150th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Tallahassee, your take-home is worth about $65,283 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 244th of 300↑23.3%$65,009
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 139th of 30094 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $69,218
- Per-capita income
- $37,300
- Full-time pay
- $37,119
Housing
- Median rent
- 170th of 300↑35.4%$1,330/mo
- Home value
- 150th of 300↑55.7%$304,300
- Property tax
- $2,107/yr · 0.7%
- Sales tax
- 6.95%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 270th of 3006.4%
- Bachelor's+
- 43rd of 30043.4%
- Avg commute
- 118th of 30023.4 min
People
- Population
- 399,098
- Population change
- +3.3%
- Median age
- 35.7 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 7.2%
- Broadband
- 90.8%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 162nd of 30047
- Natural-hazard loss
- 231st of 300$18/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 184th of 30019.6%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 12.6%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Education
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Job market
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — tallahassee.
What jobs pay in Tallahassee
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $171,360
- IT managers
- $131,640
- Pharmacists
- $130,620
- Software developers
- $121,800
- Lawyers
- $103,320
- Financial managers
- $98,510
- General & operations managers
- $95,250
- Civil engineers
- $90,840
- Registered nurses
- $79,430
- Web developers
- $78,490
- Police officers
- $67,200
- Accountants & auditors
- $61,840
- Secondary school teachers
- $57,250
- Elementary school teachers
- $55,020
- Electricians
- $54,090
- Plumbers
- $48,540
- Carpenters
- $46,870
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $46,470
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $43,280
- Construction laborers
- $38,720
- Customer service reps
- $37,310
- Waiters & waitresses
- $34,850
- Janitors
- $30,350
- Retail salespersons
- $30,330
- Cashiers
- $29,180
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Tallahassee metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Florida are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Georgia1,725
- Virginia586
- North Carolina498
- Maryland449
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Tallahassee metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Tallahassee metro?
- Median gross rent across the Tallahassee, FL Metro Area is $1,330 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Tallahassee.
- What is the median household income in the Tallahassee metro?
- A typical household in the Tallahassee, FL Metro Area earns $65,009 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Tallahassee expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Tallahassee, FL Metro Area runs about 6% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Tallahassee metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $69,218 (versus its face value of $65,009). CityLedger rates the Tallahassee, FL Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Tallahassee metro?
- The median home value across the Tallahassee, FL Metro Area is $304,300 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Tallahassee metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Tallahassee, FL Metro Area is 6.4% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).