Inverness Highlands NorthFL
With 2,830 residents, it is a town in Florida.
Is Inverness Highlands North a good place to live?
Some subjects shine; others lag. Inverness Highlands North’s overall grade of C+ puts it better than 45% of U.S. towns, 208th of 634 in Florida. Its weakest is hazard risk — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Schools are weaker too (C): its schools rank behind 67% of the state's. Homes run about $213K for a typical one, 3.8 times the Homosassa Springs metro’s $57K median household income. Where it does best is walkability: it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. 12% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more here, where Florida’s towns sit at 31% and U.S. towns at 29%. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B for incomes.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES.
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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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
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.
Top of a very high hazard risk in Inverness Highlands North: hurricanes
Expected losses in Inverness Highlands North break down as 71% from hurricanes and 20% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Inverness Highlands North’s workers commute out
The top destinations are Inverness (21%), Ocala (6%) and Lecanto (3%). Commuting out is the norm in Inverness Highlands North: 1% of working residents work locally. The median household income here is $63,000.
| Inverness Highlands North | Typical Florida town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Inverness Highlands North
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.
For Inverness Highlands North, the July high 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: 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours. Among adults in the town, 20% have been diagnosed with depression and 16% smoke cigarettes.
| Inverness Highlands North | Typical Florida town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Across 1 park or preserve run 0.3 miles of trail. 2 acres of Inverness Highlands North lie in its park or preserve.
| Inverness Highlands North | Typical Florida town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 $240K
The median property tax bill is $873, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Homes sold in Inverness Highlands North spent a median 82 days on the market. In Inverness Highlands North, the typical sale closed at 98.4% of the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Inverness Highlands North
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.
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
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.
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.
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