Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Rainbow Lakes Estates works elsewhere
For jobs and income Rainbow Lakes Estates is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D). There are 67 jobs in Rainbow Lakes Estates for 1,188 working residents. Measured by household income, Rainbow Lakes Estates is behind 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Rainbow Lakes Estates in brief
Rainbow Lakes Estates is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Rainbow Lakes Estates, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rainbow Lakes Estates has about 2,600 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Rainbow Lakes Estates workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Rainbow Lakes Estates
The poverty rate holds Rainbow Lakes Estates’ grade up (11.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rainbow Lakes Estates could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Rainbow Lakes Estates on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,178 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Rainbow Lakes Estates on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 39 minutes each way for Rainbow Lakes Estates’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rainbow Lakes Estates workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,160 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Rainbow Lakes Estates commutes less than 24 miles
About 35% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
22% of working residents work in Ocala
Where Rainbow Lakes Estates clocks in
22% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 37% of Rainbow Lakes Estates’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rainbow Lakes Estates, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 67. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rainbow Lakes Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Rainbow Lakes Estates walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,264 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Rainbow Lakes Estates households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rainbow Lakes Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Rainbow Lakes Estates ranks: 3,984th of 4,430 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,982 | Castleton Township MI | 3,425 | $59K | 15.0% | 14.5% | 4% | D |
| 3,983 | Goulding FL | 3,734 | $29K | 35.4% | 11.1% | 2% | D |
| 3,984 | Rainbow Lakes Estates FL | 3,762 | $50K | 11.9% | 6.3% | 1% | D |
| 3,985 | St. Clair MO | 4,813 | $42K | 15.1% | 9.8% | 15% | D |
| 3,986 | Sacaton AZ | 3,429 | $49K | 29.3% | 14.0% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,430 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rainbow Lakes Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rainbow Lakes Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Rainbow Lakes Estates?
$50,429 (±$15,927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rainbow Lakes Estates?
11.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rainbow Lakes Estates?
39 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rainbow Lakes Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ocala (22%, 22 mi), Gainesville (4%, 37 mi), Dunnellon (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rainbow Lakes Estates walkable?
Rainbow Lakes Estates is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rainbow Lakes Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rainbow Lakes Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rainbow Lakes Estates
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.