Rainbow vs Rancho Santa Fe

A side-by-side comparison of Rainbow and Rancho Santa Fe: population, income, housing, and more.

Rainbow and Rancho Santa Fe are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rancho Santa Fe has the higher population (2,574 vs 1,793 in Rainbow). Rancho Santa Fe has the higher median household income ($236,429 vs $85,368 in Rainbow). Rancho Santa Fe has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $699,500 in Rainbow).

Population, income & housing

	Rainbow	Rancho Santa Fe
Population	1,793	2,574
Median age	44.0 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,368	$236,429
Median home value	$699,500	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,097	$3,501
Housing units	651	1,253
Homeownership rate	81.5%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rainbow	Rancho Santa Fe
Population	2,360 → 1,793 (-24.0%)	2,510 → 2,574 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$64,637 → $85,368 (+32.1%)	$137,083 → $236,429 (+72.5%)
Median home value	$470,100 → $699,500 (+48.8%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,060 → $2,097 (+97.8%)	$3,025 → $3,501 (+15.7%)

Rainbow

Population

2,3601,793

Median household income

$64,637$85,368

Median home value

$470,100$699,500

Median gross rent

$1,060$2,097

Rancho Santa Fe

Population

2,5102,574

Median household income

$137,083$236,429

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,025$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rainbow	Rancho Santa Fe
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	2.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	15.4%	21.3%
75 and over	10.3%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rainbow	Rancho Santa Fe
White (non-Hispanic)	52.7%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rainbow	Rancho Santa Fe
No high school diploma	16.7%	1.0%
High school graduate	20.3%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rainbow	Rancho Santa Fe
Drove alone	74.3%	59.3%
Carpooled	15.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	29.0%
Other means	0.8%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rainbow	Rancho Santa Fe
1-unit, detached	76.2%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rainbow	Rancho Santa Fe
Poverty rate	8.6%	2.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1976	1975