TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL)--In the 1980's Tallahassee's population grew by 30%, in the 90's by 25%, by 2010 the decade growth was down to 15%.
In the five years leading to 2015, we experienced the smallest increase in many decades growing by only 3%. Future growth prediction is .8% yearly over the next 20 or years or so.
So where are we going to live? Our Real Estate expert, Rebekah Rivers stopped by this morning on Sunrise for another installment of "Your Home and Garden" to answer that question.
Leon County Population Growth
- 1980's 30%
- 1990's 25%
- 2000 20%
- 2010 15%
- 2020 8%
New Development:
- Southwood Addition 2000
- Fallschase near the Costco 1500
- Summerfield (N. Monroe) 300
- Park Place near CCNW 700
- English Property/East of airport 2000
- Southside 2500
- Small Parcels - 10 acres or smaller 3500
Conclusion
- .8% growth next 20 years
- 47,000 residents
- 20,000 housing units
Rebekah Rivers is a licensed real estate agent with Keller Williams. Click here to follow her blog and to learn more about her services.
