Work & commute · Rainbow Lakes Estates

Work & commute in Rainbow Lakes Estates, FL

Most working residents leave Rainbow Lakes Estates for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ocala (22%), Gainesville (4%) and Dunnellon (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 1,188 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,178 Rainbow Lakes Estates residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rainbow Lakes Estates.

1,178live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rainbow Lakes Estates goes to work

Ocala21.7 mi away

22%264

Gainesville37.1 mi away

4%42

Dunnellon8.6 mi away

3%40

Jacksonville95.8 mi away

2%29

Williston16.6 mi away

2%27

Tampa82.4 mi away

2%23

Orlando86.2 mi away

2%20

Inverness24.1 mi away

2%19

Rainbow Springs6 mi away

2%18

Bronson21.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%694

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Rainbow Lakes Estates commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10%

41%

14%

35%

10%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rainbow Lakes Estates is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rainbow Lakes Estates are

67 jobs are based in Rainbow Lakes Estates. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rainbow Lakes Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rainbow Lakes Estates

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Rainbow Lakes Estates residents hold

1,188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+72%

Jobs based in Rainbow Lakes Estates, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 67. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.