Household incomes in Rainbow Park trail those of 64% of U.S. towns
Rainbow Park grades C for jobs and income and D for walkability. 12.9% of residents are in poverty (Florida 12.6%). Hardly any work in Rainbow Park; the top destination outside it is Ocala (29%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Rainbow Park stands out on work
Rainbow Park makes and builds things
69% of the jobs based in Rainbow Park are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Rainbow Park residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Rainbow Park and Ocala trade workers both ways
Ocala is the top workplace for Rainbow Park residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Rainbow Park come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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; with 649 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Rainbow Park
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rainbow Park is better than 30% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Rainbow Park’s grade up (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rainbow Park could be anywhere from D− to A−.
69% of the jobs in Rainbow Park make or build things
386 jobs are based in Rainbow Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rainbow Park, 2013 → 2023: 405 → 386. 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 Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Rainbow Park goes to work
Where Rainbow Park clocks in
29% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
The commute from Rainbow Park, by distance
About 40% 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.
Rainbow Park quiets down on a workday
On a workday 643 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 380 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Rainbow Park on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Rainbow Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rainbow Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 910 commuters (the 9% 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.
Most trips from Rainbow Park start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rainbow Park is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 997 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). 2.6% of Rainbow Park households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rainbow Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rainbow Park is 3,576th of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,574 | Shepherd MI | 1,513 | $70K | 17.0% | 0.9% | 7% | C |
| 3,575 | Adams Township IN | 1,853 | $55K | 11.3% | 0.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,576 | Rainbow Park FL | 2,056 | $67K | 12.9% | 4.2% | 1% | C |
| 3,577 | Pojoaque NM | 2,327 | $74K | 11.3% | 7.0% | 7% | C |
| 3,578 | Prince George VA | 1,829 | $62K | 19.2% | 0.0% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Park, 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 Park: questions
What is the median household income in Rainbow Park?
$66,550 (±$17,050) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rainbow Park?
12.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rainbow Park?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rainbow Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ocala (29%, 13 mi), Tampa (2%, 83 mi), Orlando (2%, 79 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rainbow Park walkable?
Rainbow Park is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rainbow Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rainbow Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rainbow Park
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.