Fort Braden vs Tallahassee

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

Fort Braden 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 886 in Fort Braden). Fort Braden has the higher median household income ($64,844 vs $55,931 in Tallahassee). Tallahassee has the higher median home value ($276,000 vs $161,300 in Fort Braden).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Braden	Tallahassee
Population	886	199,696
Median age	38.7 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,844	$55,931
Median home value	$161,300	$276,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,238
Housing units	374	95,116
Homeownership rate	81.7%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Braden	Tallahassee
Population	856 → 886 (+3.5%)	191,279 → 199,696 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$51,781 → $64,844 (+25.2%)	$45,734 → $55,931 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $161,300 (+5.9%)	$203,800 → $276,000 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $675 (+8.3%)	$1,023 → $1,238 (+21.0%)

Fort Braden

Population

856886

Median household income

$51,781$64,844

Median home value

$152,300$161,300

Median gross rent

$623$675

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)

	Fort Braden	Tallahassee
Under 5	10.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	12.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	28.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	21.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.9%
75 and over	6.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Braden	Tallahassee
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	47.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Braden	Tallahassee
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	32.6%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	51.0%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.6%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Braden	Tallahassee
Drove alone	75.3%	72.3%
Carpooled	12.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.9%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Braden	Tallahassee
1-unit, detached	52.1%	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	47.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Braden	Tallahassee
Poverty rate	6.7%	23.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1991	1987