Work & commute · Rainbow Springs

Work & commute in Rainbow Springs, FL

Most working residents leave Rainbow Springs for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ocala (22%), Gainesville (4%) and Dunnellon (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,538 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,502 Rainbow Springs residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rainbow Springs.

1,502live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rainbow Springs goes to work

Ocala18.4 mi away

22%336

Gainesville40.6 mi away

4%59

Dunnellon2.8 mi away

3%47

Jacksonville97.6 mi away

2%37

Rainbow Springs (in town)right here

2%36

Orlando80.4 mi away

2%30

Tampa78 mi away

2%27

Inverness18.5 mi away

2%25

Crystal River17 mi away

1%21

Williston20.5 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%901

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

How far

How far Rainbow Springs commutes

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

10%

38%

13%

38%

10%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rainbow Springs is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rainbow Springs are

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

Jobs based in Rainbow Springs

241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Rainbow Springs residents hold

1,538 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+41%

Jobs based in Rainbow Springs, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 241. 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.