Rainbow Springs vs Silver Springs Shores

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

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

Silver Springs Shores has the higher population (27,556 vs 5,226 in Rainbow Springs). Silver Springs Shores has the higher median household income ($60,543 vs $49,535 in Rainbow Springs). Rainbow Springs has the higher median home value ($264,600 vs $181,800 in Silver Springs Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs Shores
Population	5,226	27,556
Median age	65.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,535	$60,543
Median home value	$264,600	$181,800
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,231
Housing units	2,943	10,959
Homeownership rate	89.2%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs Shores
Population	4,692 → 5,226 (+11.4%)	9,031 → 27,556 (+205.1%)
Median household income	$49,775 → $49,535 (-0.5%)	$35,282 → $60,543 (+71.6%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $264,600 (+40.7%)	$83,700 → $181,800 (+117.2%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,118 (+21.1%)	$928 → $1,231 (+32.7%)

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 Shores

Population

9,03127,556

Median household income

$35,282$60,543

Median home value

$83,700$181,800

Median gross rent

$928$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs Shores
Under 5	4.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	3.5%	18.6%
18 to 24	2.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	3.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	23.8%	8.3%
75 and over	28.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	44.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	27.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs Shores
No high school diploma	7.0%	16.2%
High school graduate	37.5%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs Shores
Drove alone	75.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs Shores
1-unit, detached	95.9%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Rainbow Springs	Silver Springs Shores
Poverty rate	15.2%	15.9%
Average household size	2.02	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1997	1994