Ocala Estates vs Rainbow Springs

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

Ocala Estates 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 2,347 in Ocala Estates). Rainbow Springs has the higher median household income ($49,535 vs $47,895 in Ocala Estates). Since 2019, Rainbow Springs's population has grown faster (+11.4% vs -31.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Ocala Estates	Rainbow Springs
Population	2,347	5,226
Median age	41.1 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,895	$49,535
Median home value	—	$264,600
Median gross rent	$806	$1,118
Housing units	723	2,943
Homeownership rate	68.5%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocala Estates	Rainbow Springs
Population	3,427 → 2,347 (-31.5%)	4,692 → 5,226 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$31,094 → $47,895 (+54.0%)	$49,775 → $49,535 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $61,400 (+32.3%)	$188,100 → $264,600 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $806 (+10.7%)	$923 → $1,118 (+21.1%)

Ocala Estates

Population

3,4272,347

Median household income

$31,094$47,895

Median home value

$46,400$61,400

Median gross rent

$728$806

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)

	Ocala Estates	Rainbow Springs
Under 5	3.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	3.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	2.5%
25 to 34	23.8%	3.2%
35 to 44	18.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	5.5%	23.8%
75 and over	1.9%	28.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocala Estates	Rainbow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	79.1%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	43.0%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocala Estates	Rainbow Springs
No high school diploma	32.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	47.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocala Estates	Rainbow Springs
Drove alone	78.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	19.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocala Estates	Rainbow Springs
1-unit, detached	14.0%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	80.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Ocala Estates	Rainbow Springs
Poverty rate	22.7%	15.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1982	1997