Rainsville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,676 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rainsville is the 111th largest community in Alabama.Rainsville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rainsville is a city of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rainsville who work in teaching (13.48%), management occupations (11.06%), and office and administrative support (8.80%). Of important note, Rainsville is also a city of artists. Rainsville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rainsville’s character. The overall crime rate in Rainsville is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Rainsville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Rainsville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small city, Rainsville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Rainsville is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.16% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Rainsville in 2022 was $27,308, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,232 for a family of four. However, Rainsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rainsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rainsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rainsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rainsville include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Rainsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
