InvernessCO
A town of 2,934.
Is Inverness a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Inverness grades A overall, ranked 18th of 158 in Colorado. Residents are healthier than 97% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household earns $109K and its schools outperform 83% of the state's. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $862K for a typical one and 8.2 times the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. 74% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Inverness, against 44% in Colorado’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Inverness is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 96% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 17 of Colorado’s 218 towns do worse.
What makes Inverness stand out
Where Inverness beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
Inverness has grown 45% from 2010 to 2020
1,532 counted in 2010 and 2,226 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Inverness grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Inverness is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Red Rocks Amphitheatre and 59 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Inverness. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
14 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
14 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
12 mi LandmarkColumbine Memorial
16 mi Stadium & arenaDick's Sporting Goods ParkPhoto credits
Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empower Field at Mile High: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ball Arena: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Coors Field: Matt Kozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Columbine Memorial: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park: Tom Pratt, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Inverness: who provides what
Inverness is unincorporated, so Arapahoe 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.
Inverness draws workers from Denver and beyond and has less tooth loss than most of Colorado, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Colorado.
Inverness has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
5.3 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Inverness’ trail density is 4.8 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For schools, Inverness earns an A−
Its A− for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $862K.
Its public schools are run by the School District 27J. No of its 2 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
For health, Inverness earns an A+
Its widest gap with Colorado is tooth loss: 5.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.2% statewide.
67% of Inverness adults had a checkup this year. Inverness beats the Colorado average on 15 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 21% of Inverness adults have high blood pressure.
| Inverness | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 67% | 71% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 27% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 5.8% | 8.5% | 12% |
| What stands out | Inverness | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.3% | 5.1% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 64.3% | 69.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Inverness
13,024 jobs are based in Inverness, 12.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 30.3% of workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado.
Most working residents leave Inverness for work: only 5% work in town. The average trip to work in Inverness is 21 minutes. Since 2013, Inverness has lost 1,012 jobs, to 13,024 in 2023.
| Inverness | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $109,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 8.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 7.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inverness faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by hail
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Inverness has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Inverness has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 19° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Colorado and the rest of the country, fewer of Inverness’ households own their home
At 8.2 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 81% of Colorado towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $5,175, against $2,602 across Colorado, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
18% of households own their home in Inverness.
| Inverness | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 18% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,242 a month | $1,807 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Inverness
Colleges nearby
14 within 15 miles of the center of Inverness
About 8 of every 100 Inverness residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
Every workday, about 12,969 people come to Inverness for work
Where Inverness’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Inverness
Census-designated place in Arapahoe County, CO, USA
Inverness is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Inverness CDP was 2,226 at the United States Census 2020. The Inverness Metropolitan Improvement District and the Inverness Water & Sanitation District provide services to the area, which lies in ZIP code 80112.
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- Area
- 1.5 sq mi
Inverness’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Inverness.
| Town | CO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness | #18 | A | D− | — | A− | A+ |
| Centennial | #36 | A− | C− | C+ | A | A+ |
| Dove Valley | #37 | A− | C− | — | A− | A |
Inverness and Dove Valley report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Inverness with a neighbor →
Questions about Inverness
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Inverness, CO a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Inverness grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #18 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A+ for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Inverness, CO expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $862,000, 63% above the Colorado typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.