Dunnellon vs Rainbow Springs

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

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

Rainbow Springs has the higher population (5,226 vs 2,434 in Dunnellon). Rainbow Springs has the higher median household income ($49,535 vs $40,707 in Dunnellon). Rainbow Springs has the higher median home value ($264,600 vs $179,800 in Dunnellon).

Population, income & housing

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Springs
Population	2,434	5,226
Median age	58.4 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,707	$49,535
Median home value	$179,800	$264,600
Median gross rent	$749	$1,118
Housing units	1,616	2,943
Homeownership rate	73.1%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Springs
Population	2,057 → 2,434 (+18.3%)	4,692 → 5,226 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$33,197 → $40,707 (+22.6%)	$49,775 → $49,535 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$144,000 → $179,800 (+24.9%)	$188,100 → $264,600 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $749 (+13.0%)	$923 → $1,118 (+21.1%)

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 Springs

Population

4,6925,226

Median household income

$49,775$49,535

Median home value

$188,100$264,600

Median gross rent

$923$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Springs
Under 5	4.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	3.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	2.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	3.2%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	24.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	17.7%	23.8%
75 and over	12.2%	28.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	79.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Springs
No high school diploma	12.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	25.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Springs
Drove alone	70.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	13.9%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Springs
1-unit, detached	61.2%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
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%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Dunnellon	Rainbow Springs
Poverty rate	18.1%	15.2%
Average household size	1.86	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1983	1997