Tallahassee is a relatively large city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 202,221 people and 79 associated neighborhoods, Tallahassee is the eighth largest community in Florida.

Also of interest is that Tallahassee has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Tallahassee telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.13% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Tallahassee really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Tallahassee is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Tallahassee more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Tallahassee’s character and quality of life.

Not only is Tallahassee a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because Tallahassee is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Tallahassee a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Tallahassee is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 49.88% of adults in Tallahassee have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Tallahassee in 2022 was $33,803, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,212 for a family of four. However, Tallahassee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tallahassee is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tallahassee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tallahassee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tallahassee include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Tallahassee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.