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Rainbow City, AL

10,213 Population
25.6 square miles 398.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$39,153 ±$9,933 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $29,553 ±$1,515
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$59,659 ±$7,773 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $53,070 ±$1,864
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

9.3% ±3.2% (947  ±327) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 17.1% 17,401 (±1.3% / ±1,354)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

26.1 minutes ±3 (94,065  ±18,136) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 24.9 1,018,805 (±1.2 / ±57,932)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

3,877 ±327 Number of households
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 39,160 ±581
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.6 ±0.2 (10,171  ±40) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.6 101,711 (±0 / ±40)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

4.6% ±3% (112  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,108 (±1.1% / ±255)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

4,565 ±381 Number of housing units
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 47,487 ±69
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$203,600 ±$26,585 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $160,600 ±$4,895
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

12.8% ±4.2% (1,293  ±421) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 9.8% 9,993 (±1% / ±976.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

84.9% ±8% (6,023  ±653.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 85.8% 62,249 (±2.7% / ±1,945.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
21.8% ±4.4% (1,545  ±322) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 17.5% 12,683 (±1.2% / ±861)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

5.6% ±2.2% (571  ±224) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.6% 2,704
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

7.4% ±2.7% (584  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 6.6% † 5,323 (±0.7% / ±583)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
584 Total veterans ±217 571 Male ±211 13 Female ±21

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