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Rainbow City, AL

10,284 Population
25.6 square miles 400.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±3.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 41.7 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,440 ±$10,038 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $29,604 ±$1,436
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,398 ±$7,155 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $54,563 ±$2,653
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10% ±4.5% (1,028  ±460) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 16.9% † 17,227 (±1.7% / ±1,735)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.7 minutes ±3.5 (96,900  ±19,140) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 25.5 1,046,710 (±1 / ±50,694)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,131 ±323 Number of households
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 39,411 ±707
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (10,217  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.6 101,530 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±2.5% (105  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 5.6% † 1,271 (±1% / ±228)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,693 ±322 Number of housing units
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 47,603 ±49
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$223,000 ±$16,546 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $167,100 ±$4,938
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±4.3% (1,245  ±434) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 9.8% † 10,006 (±1.1% / ±1,066.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.4% ±7.1% (5,968  ±611.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 86.1% 62,378 (±2.6% / ±1,859.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.8% ±3.6% (1,488  ±273.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 18.1% 13,109 (±1.2% / ±895)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.9% ±2.1% (508  ±215) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.5% 2,523
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±2.3% (646  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 6.3% † 5,102 (±0.7% / ±564)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
646 Total veterans ±189 640 Male ±187 6 Female ±10

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