Rainbow City is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 10,322 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.Rainbow City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rainbow City is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rainbow City who work in sales jobs (14.67%), office and administrative support (14.52%), and food service (8.68%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.74% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.The population of Rainbow City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Rainbow City, 21.77% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Rainbow City in 2022 was $39,153, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,612 for a family of four. However, Rainbow City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rainbow City is a somewhat 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, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Rainbow City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
