How long is the commute in Tallahassee?

Average travel time to work in Tallahassee, FL, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Tallahassee gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 16.4 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 72.3
• Carpooled: 8.5
• Transit: 2.2
• Walked: 3
• From home: 12.3

Average commute (minutes)

• Tallahassee: 16.4
• Leon County: 18
• FL: 24.1
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 12.3% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 6.6 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 3.2% of workers in 2015 to 12.3% in the latest estimates.