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Rainbow City, AL
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Rainbow City profile


Living in Rainbow City



Rainbow City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 10,271 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rainbow City is the 66th largest community in Alabama.

Rainbow City real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Rainbow City house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Rainbow City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.35% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, Rainbow City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Rainbow City is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.37% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Rainbow City in 2022 was $34,622, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,488 for a family of four. However, Rainbow City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rainbow City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rainbow City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rainbow City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rainbow City include English, Irish, German, French, and European.

The most common language spoken in Rainbow City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.


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