Dunnellon vs Rainbow Lakes Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Dunnellon and Rainbow Lakes Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Dunnellon and Rainbow Lakes Estates are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rainbow Lakes Estates has the higher population (3,376 vs 2,434 in Dunnellon). Rainbow Lakes Estates has the higher median household income ($50,298 vs $40,707 in Dunnellon). Dunnellon has the higher median home value ($179,800 vs $144,500 in Rainbow Lakes Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Lakes Estates
Population	2,434	3,376
Median age	58.4 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,707	$50,298
Median home value	$179,800	$144,500
Median gross rent	$749	$766
Housing units	1,616	1,712
Homeownership rate	73.1%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Lakes Estates
Population	2,057 → 2,434 (+18.3%)	3,565 → 3,376 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$33,197 → $40,707 (+22.6%)	$45,417 → $50,298 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$144,000 → $179,800 (+24.9%)	$98,500 → $144,500 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $749 (+13.0%)	$771 → $766 (-0.6%)

Dunnellon

Population

2,0572,434

Median household income

$33,197$40,707

Median home value

$144,000$179,800

Median gross rent

$663$749

Rainbow Lakes Estates

Population

3,5653,376

Median household income

$45,417$50,298

Median home value

$98,500$144,500

Median gross rent

$771$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Lakes Estates
Under 5	4.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	2.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	7.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	24.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	17.7%	15.4%
75 and over	12.2%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Lakes Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	84.9%
Black or African American	5.1%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Lakes Estates
No high school diploma	12.2%	19.4%
High school graduate	25.9%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Lakes Estates
Drove alone	70.8%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Lakes Estates
1-unit, detached	61.2%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Lakes Estates
Poverty rate	18.1%	11.0%
Average household size	1.86	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1983	1985