Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5Household incomes in Inverness trail those of 94% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami. The poverty rate is 15.0%, against 12.6% across Florida. Inverness grades D for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Inverness
Inverness has far more jobs than workers
Inverness has 8,820 jobs, 3.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 14,000 people are in town, 80% more than the 7,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Inverness’ commute
The biggest draw, Ocala, gets only 6% of working residents, and 59% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Inverness residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Inverness draws workers from far and wide
The 8,820 jobs in Inverness are filled from a wide area. Inverness’ own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 37%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Inverness is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 13% of U.S. towns, #599 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Inverness’ grade up (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($43,523, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Inverness could be anywhere from D to C+.
Inverness on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,069 residents head out to work, 478 work right here, and 8,342 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Inverness on a workday afternoon, 80% more than live here.
3.5 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.
The daily trip into Inverness
Where Inverness clocks in
6% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Inverness
8,820 jobs are based in Inverness.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Inverness, 2013 → 2023: 9,487 → 8,820. 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.
How many miles Inverness commutes
About 32% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Inverness
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Inverness workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,820 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
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 87% of U.S. towns, #141 of 638 in Florida. 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 3,079 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 47% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 16% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% 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). 13.3% of Inverness households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Inverness’ commuters take a bus or train.
Inverness and other U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 330 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,711 | Amory MS | 6,386 | $53K | 16.4% | 7.0% | 24% | D |
| 2,712 | Fredonia NY | 9,283 | $50K | 25.2% | 5.1% | 18% | D |
| 2,713 | Inverness FL | 7,796 | $44K | 15.0% | 5.9% | 19% | D |
| 2,714 | North Vernon IN | 6,559 | $51K | 16.7% | 7.1% | 22% | D |
| 2,715 | Siler City NC | 8,155 | $47K | 33.9% | 4.7% | 17% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,983 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Florida.
How Inverness compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Inverness workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness | – | D | A | 25 min | $43,523 |
| Inverness Highlands South | under 2% | C | D | 31 min | $60,750 |
| Inverness Highlands North | under 2% | B | A | 28 min | $63,281 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$43,523 (±$7,703) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Inverness?
15.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Inverness?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Inverness work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ocala (6%, 26 mi), Lecanto (2%, 10 mi), Wildwood (2%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Inverness walkable?
Inverness is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Inverness without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 16% 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.