Rainbow Springs vs Silver Springs

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

Rainbow Springs and Silver 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 2,640 in Silver Springs). Rainbow Springs has the higher median household income ($49,535 vs $32,228 in Silver Springs). Since 2019, Rainbow Springs's population has grown faster (+11.4% vs -21.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs
Population	5,226	2,640
Median age	65.7 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,535	$32,228
Median home value	$264,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,143
Housing units	2,943	1,535
Homeownership rate	89.2%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs
Population	4,692 → 5,226 (+11.4%)	3,359 → 2,640 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$49,775 → $49,535 (-0.5%)	$32,786 → $32,228 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $264,600 (+40.7%)	$14,400 → $28,800 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,118 (+21.1%)	$880 → $1,143 (+29.9%)

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

Silver Springs

Population

3,3592,640

Median household income

$32,786$32,228

Median home value

$14,400$28,800

Median gross rent

$880$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs
Under 5	4.3%	12.6%
5 to 17	3.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	3.2%	22.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	23.8%	9.3%
75 and over	28.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	42.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	35.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs
No high school diploma	7.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	37.5%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs
Drove alone	75.7%	81.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs
1-unit, detached	95.9%	7.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	44.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs
Poverty rate	15.2%	28.5%
Average household size	2.02	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1997	1984