Photo: Salvez Dodd from Portland, OR, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 12.2 jobs in Inverness for every working resident, and 12,969 people commute in
Inverness has 13,024 jobs for 1,069 working residents. Jobs and income earn Inverness A−; getting around on foot earns it A+. Measured by household income, Inverness is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Inverness, in a few figures
Inverness fills up on a workday
Inverness has 13,024 jobs, 12.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 15,000 people are in town, 5 times the 2,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
79% of Inverness’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 85% of the jobs based in Inverness. The jobs ↓
Inverness and Denver trade workers both ways
Denver is the top workplace for Inverness residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Inverness come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Inverness works from home
30% of Inverness workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Inverness: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Inverness is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #48 of 159 in Colorado. Job access by car holds Inverness’ grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Inverness could be anywhere from B to A+.
In and out of Inverness on a workday
On a workday 1,014 residents head out to work and 55 work right here.
About 15,000 people are in Inverness on a workday afternoon, 407% more than live here.
12.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
85% of the jobs in Inverness pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Inverness, 2013 → 2023: 14,036 → 13,024. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Inverness’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Inverness’s workers come from
Where Inverness clocks in
26% of workers
12% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from Inverness takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Inverness workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,530 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Inverness
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Inverness
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Inverness is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #12 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Inverness near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,195 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.2% of Inverness households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Inverness’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Inverness is 584th of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 31 | Stepping Stone CO | 3,137 | $224K | 0.0% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Sierra Ridge CO | 3,663 | $158K | 0.1% | 2.4% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Genesee CO | 3,778 | $187K | 2.4% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 582 | Bennington Township OH | 3,346 | $107K | 5.1% | 3.3% | 6% | A− |
| 583 | Holland WI | 2,229 | $92K | 4.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| 584 | Inverness CO | 2,934 | $109K | 4.5% | 5.4% | 5% | A− |
| 585 | Dallas Township MI | 2,420 | $84K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 8% | A− |
| 586 | South Harrison Township NJ | 3,479 | $140K | 5.1% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Inverness, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
The towns next door employ 12% of Inverness
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Inverness workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness | – | A− | A+ | 21 min | $109,135 |
| Centennial | 12% | A | A | 26 min | $131,928 |
| Dove Valley | under 2% | B+ | A− | 23 min | $81,524 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Centennial. Darker towns draw more of Inverness’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Inverness: questions
What is the median household income in Inverness?
$109,135 (±$32,508) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Inverness?
4.5%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Inverness?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Inverness work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (26%, 13 mi), Centennial (12%, 1 mi), Greenwood Village (10%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Inverness walkable?
Inverness is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Inverness without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Inverness, from the people who make the trip.
More of Inverness
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.