Is Inverness Highlands South a good place to live?
Inverness Highlands South’s weakest is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. At about $217K, a typical home costs 3.8 years of the Homosassa Springs metro’s $57K median household income. It lags on hazard risk as well (D−): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. All told, that adds up to a D overall and a rank of 571st of 634 in Florida. Nationally, it does better than 6% of U.S. towns. Only 24 of Florida’s 779 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US.
How Inverness Highlands South grades
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99% of working residents leave Inverness Highlands South for work
Where Inverness Highlands South’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Inverness Highlands South.
Inverness Highlands South has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Inverness and beyond.
Inverness Highlands South has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
Expected losses in Inverness Highlands South break down as 73% from hurricanes and 13% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Inverness Highlands South
Inverness Highlands South has 237 jobs for its 2,363 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
In Inverness Highlands South, the typical household income is $61,000. The town’s mean commuting time stands at 31 minutes, above both Florida’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The share of working residents in Inverness Highlands South who work locally: 1.5%. Half the trips to work are shorter than 23 miles.
| Inverness Highlands South | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.7% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Inverness Highlands South are less healthy than 66% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,123 U.S. towns with household incomes like Inverness Highlands South’s, it is healthier than 52%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Inverness Highlands South: 38% of adults sleep under 7 hours, above both the Florida town median (37%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). Against the Florida average, Inverness Highlands South comes out ahead on 6 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 9. 16% of Inverness Highlands South adults smoke cigarettes.
| Inverness Highlands South | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 23% |
| What stands out | Inverness Highlands South | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.1% | 13.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Inverness Highlands South
The Inverness 3 Se weather station records that about 112 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. The Inverness 3 Se weather station 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.
The typical July afternoon high for Inverness Highlands South comes to 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Inverness Highlands South sell for about $240K
The median property tax bill is $1,008, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Nearly nine in ten households are owner-occupiers in the town. Inverness Highlands South’s typical rent is $1,289 a month. Sellers in Inverness Highlands South got 101.2% of the asking price, typically.
| Inverness Highlands South | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,289 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Inverness Highlands South
Moving to Inverness Highlands South: who provides what
Inverness Highlands South 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.
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Inverness Highlands South; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Inverness Highlands South residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Inverness Highlands South
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Inverness Highlands South is a census-designated place (CDP) in Citrus County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,698, up from 6,542 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Homosassa Springs, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 5.6 sq mi
- Area code
- 352
Inverness Highlands South’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Inverness Highlands South.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness Highlands South | #571 | D | C+ | — | C | C |
| Inverness | #536 | D | C+ | — | C | C+ |
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Questions about Inverness Highlands South
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Inverness Highlands South, FL a good place to live?
Inverness Highlands South grades D overall, better than 6% of U.S. towns and #571 of 634 in Florida. It grades C for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Inverness Highlands South, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $217,000, 42% 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 C+.
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