Inverness Highlands NorthFL
A town of 2,830.
Is Inverness Highlands North a good place to live?
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Overall it grades C+, 208th among Florida's 634 graded towns. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 90% of U.S. towns. 12% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Inverness Highlands North, where Florida’s towns sit at 31% and U.S. towns at 29%.
What makes Inverness Highlands North stand out
Where Inverness Highlands North beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Inverness Highlands North has grown 13% from 2010 to 2020
2,401 counted in 2010 and 2,707 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Inverness Highlands North grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Inverness Highlands North is from typical.
Its grades run from A for walkability (better than 90% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 3%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
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Moving to Inverness Highlands North: who provides what
Inverness Highlands North is unincorporated, so Citrus 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 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Inverness Highlands North.
Inverness Highlands North has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has little public open land.
Hurricanes leads a very high hazard risk in Inverness Highlands North
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Inverness Highlands North’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Inverness Highlands North for work: only 1% work in town. 7.5% of Inverness Highlands North residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Inverness (21%), Ocala (6%) and Lecanto (3%).
| Inverness Highlands North | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inverness Highlands North has mild winters and hot summers
The Inverness 3 Se weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 112 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. The Inverness 3 Se weather station, 6 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 279 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 86% of Florida places with climate records.
Inverness Highlands North has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Inverness Highlands North is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inverness Highlands North is less healthy than 55% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,622 U.S. towns with household incomes like Inverness Highlands North’s, it is healthier than 66%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Inverness Highlands North beats the Florida average on 4 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Inverness Highlands North.
| Inverness Highlands North | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Inverness Highlands North | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.9% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.7% | 13.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.4% | 12.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Inverness Highlands North
Just 2 of its 1,322 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Inverness Highlands North itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Inverness Highlands North | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Highland Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Inverness Highlands North sell for about $233K
The median property tax bill is $873, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median sale price was $233,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Inverness Highlands North
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Inverness Highlands North; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Inverness Highlands North residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
99% of working residents leave Inverness Highlands North for work
Where Inverness Highlands North’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Inverness Highlands North
Census-designated place in Florida, US
Inverness Highlands North is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Citrus County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,707 at the 2020 census, up from 2,401 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Homosassa Springs, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Area code
- 352
Inverness Highlands North’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Inverness Highlands North.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness Highlands North | #208 | C+ | B | — | C | B− |
| Inverness | #536 | D | C+ | — | C | C+ |
| Hernando | #600 | D− | C+ | — | C | C |
Inverness Highlands North, Inverness and Hernando report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Inverness Highlands North with a neighbor →
Questions about Inverness Highlands North
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Inverness Highlands North, FL a good place to live?
Inverness Highlands North grades C+ overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #208 of 634 in Florida. It grades B− for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Inverness Highlands North, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $213,000, 43% below the Florida 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 B.