InvernessCA
A town of 1,346, settled in 1897.
Is Inverness a good place to live?
The best of Inverness’ subject grades are an A for health and an A+ for the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. 64% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Inverness, above both California’s towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). On walkability, just 90 of California’s 1,063 towns do worse. 42% of the land in Inverness is conserved, against 4.3% in California’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Only 14 of California’s 1,064 towns score higher on the outdoors. Point Reyes National Seashore, at 2,126 acres with 9.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Inverness has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Inverness stand out
Where Inverness beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Inverness | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.7% | 17.9% |
1,346 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Inverness grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Inverness is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and 161 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Inverness. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Big draw29 mi GardenPresidio of San Francisco
Big draw31 mi LandmarkLombard Street
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaChase Center
in town National SeashorePoint Reyes National Seashore2.4M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi MuseumUSS HornetPhoto credits
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Presidio of San Francisco: Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lombard Street: The original uploader was Y6y6y6 at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Chase Center: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Point Reyes National Seashore: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Inverness: who provides what
Inverness is unincorporated, so Marin County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Inverness.
Homes in Inverness are worth about $1.44M, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Inverness home is worth about $1,442,000, up 4.9% in a year, 89% above the California typical home. Inverness’ median rent is $1,829 a month.
| Inverness | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 78% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,829 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Inverness’ schools rank behind 57% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Shoreline Unified school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–1 | Grades K–1 | 41 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Inverness has set aside nearly a third of its land for conservation
12 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The trail density in Inverness is 1.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Point Reyes National Seashore | 9.3 mi | 2,126 |
| 2. Tomales Bay State Park | 1.5 mi | 361 |
| 3. Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary | — | 503 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Inverness stands out in California and nationally, with fewer of its adults who feel lonely
26% of Inverness adults feel lonely. Inverness beats the California average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 12% of Inverness adults report frequent mental distress.
| Inverness | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 36% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 29% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Inverness | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.7% | 17.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.4% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.7% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Earthquakes leads a very high hazard risk in Inverness
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 95% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Inverness’ workers commute out: the town has 0.6 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Inverness for work: only 10% work in town. Jobs based in Inverness fell to 235 in 2023, 96 fewer than in 2013. 4.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Inverness.
| Inverness | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.6% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical July afternoon in Inverness is cooler than in most of California or the rest of the country
Inverness has warm winters and cool summers. July afternoons reach 67° and January nights drop to 45°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Inverness
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Inverness; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Inverness residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
12 miles of trails in Inverness
41.8% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
Questions about Inverness
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Inverness, CA expensive?
Yes. That is 10.6 years of the area's median household income ($136,027 across the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.