Rainbow Lakes EstatesFL
It is a town of 3,762 residents in Florida.
Is Rainbow Lakes Estates a good place to live?
Rainbow Lakes Estates grades low on several counts. Incomes are its weak spot (D): the median household income is $50K, and 12% of residents live below the poverty line. The town’s overall grade, D−, puts it better than 2% of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 604th of 634 in Florida. Schools are weaker too (D): its schools rank behind 87% of the state's. Walkability is weaker too. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Cost of living is its strong suit: a typical home costs about $160K, 2.6 years of the Gainesville metro’s $61K median household income.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results.
99% of working residents leave Rainbow Lakes Estates for work
Where Rainbow Lakes Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rainbow Lakes Estates grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Rainbow Lakes Estates is from typical.
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Moving to Rainbow Lakes Estates: who provides what
Rainbow Lakes Estates is unincorporated, so Levy County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rainbow Lakes Estates.
Rainbow Lakes Estates is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Florida.
Rainbow Lakes Estates is less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns
Against the 5,939 U.S. towns with household incomes like Rainbow Lakes Estates’s, it is less healthy than 53%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
In Rainbow Lakes Estates, 16% of adults have diabetes, and 42% have high blood pressure. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Rainbow Lakes Estates is ahead of Florida on 2 and behind on 14. Rainbow Lakes Estates: 18% of adults report frequent physical distress, above both the Florida town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 17% of adults smoke cigarettes in the town.
| Rainbow Lakes Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Rainbow Lakes Estates | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 70.1% | 65.7% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.1% | 78.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.9% | 12.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Rainbow Lakes Estates stands out in Florida and nationally, with the average trip to work longer than most
Rainbow Lakes Estates has 67 jobs for its 1,188 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 39.1 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
The top destinations are Ocala (22%), Gainesville (4%) and Dunnellon (3%). The typical household income for Rainbow Lakes Estates comes to $50,000, against $73,000 in Florida’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Also worth knowing: in Rainbow Lakes Estates, 0.8% of working residents work locally. Employers in Rainbow Lakes Estates added 28 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 67.
| Rainbow Lakes Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 39 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $50,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Rainbow Lakes Estates brings four seasons and hot summers
January nights average 44.6°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 78% of Florida places with climate records; July afternoons average 91.3°.
For Rainbow Lakes Estates, the peak summer temperature is 91°F.
| Rainbow Lakes Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 45°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in Rainbow Lakes Estates, mostly hurricanes
Rainbow Lakes Estates’ risk rating from FEMA is 64 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Rainbow Lakes Estates sells for about $259K
At 2.6 years of the Gainesville metro’s $61K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 93% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,315, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Homes sold in Rainbow Lakes Estates spent a median 73 days on the market. For households in the town, the share who are owner-occupiers is 90%. The median rent for Rainbow Lakes Estates comes to $1,030 a month.
| Rainbow Lakes Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,030 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Rainbow Lakes Estates
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Rainbow Lakes Estates; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Rainbow Lakes Estates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Rainbow Lakes Estates
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Rainbow Lakes Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marion and Levy counties, Florida, United States, established as a Municipal Services District. The Marion County part of the community is part of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Levy County portion is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was first listed as a CDP for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 3,438. The community is northwest of Rainbow Springs, a natural spring in nearby Rainbow Springs State Park. There are various community owned and maintained facilities as well as paved roads. A large percentage of the platted b…
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- Area
- 16 sq mi
- Elevation
- 128 ft
- Area code
- 352
Questions about Rainbow Lakes Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rainbow Lakes Estates, FL a good place to live?
Rainbow Lakes Estates grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns and #604 of 634 in Florida. It grades C− for health and D for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Rainbow Lakes Estates, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $160,000, 57% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.