Rainbow SpringsFL
A town of 6,082.
Is Rainbow Springs a good place to live?
Rainbow Springs earns a D−, 614th of 634 graded towns in Florida, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 87% of the state's. What it does well: it has 9 miles of trail. Rainbow Springs’ midpoint age is 65.3 years, above both the Florida town median (42.4 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Rainbow Springs State Park, at 102 acres with 1.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 72% of U.S. towns.
98% of working residents leave Rainbow Springs for work
Where Rainbow Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rainbow Springs grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Rainbow Springs is from typical.
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Moving to Rainbow Springs: who provides what
Rainbow Springs is unincorporated, so Marion 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 Springs.
Rainbow Springs has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Ocala and beyond.
51% of residents are 65 or older
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 29%, against 34% across Florida.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 37% and 60% women
The Census survey reached too few of Rainbow Springs’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±11.1 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Rainbow Springs | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.3% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.9% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.4% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.2% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.7% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.2% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 24.8% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 26% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.5% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.1% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 19% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.7% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.7% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
12.8% of Rainbow Springs is conserved land
Trails run 9.1 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Rainbow Springs’ trail network density stands at 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rainbow Springs State Park | 1.2 mi | 102 |
| 2. KP Hole Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Few of Rainbow Springs’ working residents work in town
Rainbow Springs has 241 jobs for its 1,538 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Rainbow Springs’ typical journey to work comes in at 33 minutes. Jobs in Rainbow Springs grew by 70 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 241. The top destinations are Ocala (22%), Gainesville (4%) and Dunnellon (3%). Half of commuters travel less than 28 miles.
| Rainbow Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.3% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Rainbow Springs is hurricanes, at a high overall level
Expected losses in Rainbow Springs break down as 43% from hurricanes and 39% from inland flooding. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of adults have high blood pressure in Rainbow Springs than in most of Florida or the rest of the country
Against the 8,071 U.S. towns with household incomes like Rainbow Springs’s, it is healthier than 53%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Rainbow Springs: 86% of adults had a checkup this year. Two figures for adults here: 19% report frequent physical distress, 9.5% binge drink.
| Rainbow Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 15% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 52% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Rainbow Springs | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.6% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5% | 8.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 14.4% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Rainbow Springs brings mild winters and hot summers
The Inverness 3 Se weather station, 22 miles away, records that about 112 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. The Inverness 3 Se weather station, 22 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 279 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 81% of Florida places with climate records.
July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 45° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Rainbow Springs sells for about $330K at the median
The share of households in Rainbow Springs who are owner-occupiers: 91%. In Rainbow Springs, the midpoint rent is $1,112 a month. Homes sold in Rainbow Springs spent a median 40 days on the market.
| Rainbow Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,112 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 Springs
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Rainbow Springs; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Rainbow Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Rainbow Springs
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Rainbow Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Marion County, Florida, United States. It is named for the first-magnitude artesian spring found in the community. U.S. Route 41 passes through the CDP, leading south 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to Dunnellon and north 20 miles (32 km) to Williston. Ocala, the Marion county seat, is 20 miles (32 km) to the northeast. The community was first listed as a CDP for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 5,091. It is part of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Elevation
- 66 ft
Rainbow Springs’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Rainbow Springs.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Springs | #614 | D− | C− | — | D | C |
| Dunnellon | — | — | B | — | D | D |
Dunnellon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Rainbow Springs and Dunnellon report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Rainbow Springs with a neighbor →
Questions about Rainbow Springs
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rainbow Springs, FL a good place to live?
It grades C for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Rainbow Springs, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $311,000, 17% 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 C−.