Attalla vs Rainbow City

A side-by-side comparison of Attalla and Rainbow City: population, income, housing, and more.

Attalla and Rainbow City are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rainbow City has the higher population (10,213 vs 5,829 in Attalla). Rainbow City has the higher median household income ($59,659 vs $55,429 in Attalla). Rainbow City has the higher median home value ($203,600 vs $120,400 in Attalla).

Population, income & housing

	Attalla	Rainbow City
Population	5,829	10,213
Median age	48.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,429	$59,659
Median home value	$120,400	$203,600
Median gross rent	$617	$998
Housing units	2,995	4,565
Homeownership rate	77.3%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attalla	Rainbow City
Population	5,836 → 5,829 (-0.1%)	9,589 → 10,213 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$39,247 → $55,429 (+41.2%)	$50,547 → $59,659 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $120,400 (+66.8%)	$166,100 → $203,600 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $617 (+13.8%)	$797 → $998 (+25.2%)

Attalla

Population

5,8365,829

Median household income

$39,247$55,429

Median home value

$72,200$120,400

Median gross rent

$542$617

Rainbow City

Population

9,58910,213

Median household income

$50,547$59,659

Median home value

$166,100$203,600

Median gross rent

$797$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attalla	Rainbow City
Under 5	4.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	18.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	17.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.0%
75 and over	6.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attalla	Rainbow City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	10.8%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attalla	Rainbow City
No high school diploma	14.4%	15.1%
High school graduate	40.4%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attalla	Rainbow City
Drove alone	95.2%	77.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attalla	Rainbow City
1-unit, detached	82.4%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	13.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Attalla	Rainbow City
Poverty rate	15.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1964	1987