Work & commute · Tallahassee

Work & commute in Tallahassee, FL

70% of Tallahassee’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (2%), Bradfordville (1%) and Tampa (1%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

70%

52,504 of 74,719 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,215 Tallahassee residents head out of town to work, 52,504 work right here, and 91,827 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tallahassee.

22,215live here, work elsewhere

52,504live and work here

91,827work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tallahassee goes to work

Tallahassee (in town)right here

70%52,504

Jacksonville154.6 mi away

2%1,537

Bradfordville8.5 mi away

1%946

Tampa202.4 mi away

1%780

Quincy21.3 mi away

1%445

Gainesville125.9 mi away

1%427

Orlando223.2 mi away

1%385

Panama City77.6 mi away

0%337

Midway13.8 mi away

0%326

Pensacola175.1 mi away

0%209

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%16,823

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Tallahassee commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

75%

19%

75%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tallahassee is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tallahassee are

144,331 jobs are based in Tallahassee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tallahassee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tallahassee

144,331 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Tallahassee residents hold

74,719 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+13%

Jobs based in Tallahassee, 2013 → 2023: 127,680 → 144,331. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.