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Rainbow Springs, Florida.

A community in Marion County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Marion County’s.

Living in Rainbow Springs, Marion County, Florida

Rainbow Springs, in Marion County, had 5,091 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $57,161 a year and half less, against $61,010 across Marion County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 91% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 9% are rented. Unemployment in Marion County was 5.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Marion County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 5,091 in the 2020 census
Household income $57,161 the median, give or take $8,424 · Marion County: $61,010
Unemployment 5.7% Marion County, August 2026; 5.3% a year before
Homes 91% lived in by their owners; 9% rented
  • 2,890households
  • 29%of adults have a degree
  • 9%below the poverty line
  • 33 mintypical commute

What people in Marion County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Building trades9%
  • Banks, insurance and property6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Marion County had 121,921 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 69° and 43°; warmest in July, 91° and 71° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 69° 43° F M A M J J 91° 71° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 69° and 43°; warmest in July, 91° and 71° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 69° 43° F M A M J J 91° 71° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 69° and lows near 43°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 71°. About 52 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Inverness Southeast weather station, 22 miles away (NOAA).

Largest employers in Marion County

  1. Marion County Public Schools6,306
  2. AdventHealth Ocala3,606
  3. HCA Florida Hospitals3,171
  4. Wal-Mart2,689
  5. State of Florida (All Depts.)2,600
  6. Publix Supermarkets2,257
  7. FedEx Ground1,500
  8. Marion County BCC1,368

From Marion County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Top 10 Major Employers from Ocala, Marion County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) at www.ocalaedc.org”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Rainbow Springs’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Marion County.