Chaires vs Tallahassee

A side-by-side comparison of Chaires and Tallahassee: population, income, housing, and more.

Chaires and Tallahassee are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tallahassee has the higher population (199,696 vs 676 in Chaires). Chaires has the higher median household income ($149,750 vs $55,931 in Tallahassee). Chaires has the higher median home value ($367,100 vs $276,000 in Tallahassee).

Population, income & housing

	Chaires	Tallahassee
Population	676	199,696
Median age	50.4 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$149,750	$55,931
Median home value	$367,100	$276,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,238
Housing units	199	95,116
Homeownership rate	80.9%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chaires	Tallahassee
Population	443 → 676 (+52.6%)	191,279 → 199,696 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$81,688 → $149,750 (+83.3%)	$45,734 → $55,931 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$381,500 → $367,100 (-3.8%)	$203,800 → $276,000 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,023 → $1,238 (+21.0%)

Chaires

Population

443676

Median household income

$81,688$149,750

Median home value

$381,500$367,100

Tallahassee

Population

191,279199,696

Median household income

$45,734$55,931

Median home value

$203,800$276,000

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chaires	Tallahassee
Under 5	5.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	8.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	12.4%	28.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	2.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	25.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.9%
75 and over	7.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chaires	Tallahassee
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	47.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	35.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chaires	Tallahassee
No high school diploma	17.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	22.9%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chaires	Tallahassee
Drove alone	70.0%	72.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	21.0%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chaires	Tallahassee
1-unit, detached	63.3%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.5%
Mobile home & other	36.7%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Chaires	Tallahassee
Poverty rate	2.4%	23.2%
Average household size	3.35	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1984	1987