Your Guide to Buying a Home in Tallahassee, FL

Buying a Home in Tallahassee, Florida

(On the campus of Florida State University)

Tallahassee is located in Leon County

Tallahassee, Florida’s Capital City, has a unique history. Nestled among the hills, red clay, and oaks of Florida’s panhandle, Tallahassee may not seem like the typical Florida city. Yet the history of Florida and Tallahassee are closely connected.

Residential property in Tallahassee cannot be found under $280,000. This price point includes single family homes, condominiums and townhomes.

"Tallahassee" is an Apalachee Indian word meaning "old town" or "abandoned fields". The Apalachee Indians lived throughout the panhandle from 500 through the 1600s. In 1539, Hernando de Soto spent the first Christmas in the New World in the woods near the present State Capitol. As more Spanish colonists entered the panhandle, disease and fighting reduced their population. The Apalachee Indians left and the area became an abandoned village, thus it was called "Tallahassee".

Today’s Tallahassee is a community where tradition and family are important. Government offices share the largest sector of the labor force, followed by services and retail trade. Two universities, Florida State University and Florida A & M, and Tallahassee Community College attract highly educated professionals and researchers. In recent years, Tallahassee has become home to super computers and the National High Magnetic Laboratory. With a population of over 150,000, Tallahassee is no longer the abandoned fields it once was.

Courtesy of the City of Tallahassee