Inverness vs Inverness Highlands South

A side-by-side comparison of Inverness and Inverness Highlands South: population, income, housing, and more.

Inverness and Inverness Highlands South are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Inverness has the higher population (7,672 vs 7,478 in Inverness Highlands South). Inverness Highlands South has the higher median household income ($61,224 vs $44,899 in Inverness). Inverness Highlands South has the higher median home value ($206,900 vs $168,100 in Inverness).

Population, income & housing

	Inverness	Inverness Highlands South
Population	7,672	7,478
Median age	56.0 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,899	$61,224
Median home value	$168,100	$206,900
Median gross rent	$982	$1,296
Housing units	4,640	3,414
Homeownership rate	69.9%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inverness	Inverness Highlands South
Population	7,281 → 7,672 (+5.4%)	6,441 → 7,478 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$28,673 → $44,899 (+56.6%)	$42,863 → $61,224 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$99,200 → $168,100 (+69.5%)	$111,800 → $206,900 (+85.1%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $982 (+24.9%)	$954 → $1,296 (+35.8%)

Inverness

Population

7,2817,672

Median household income

$28,673$44,899

Median home value

$99,200$168,100

Median gross rent

$786$982

Inverness Highlands South

Population

6,4417,478

Median household income

$42,863$61,224

Median home value

$111,800$206,900

Median gross rent

$954$1,296

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inverness	Inverness Highlands South
Under 5	2.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	20.5%	18.5%
75 and over	19.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inverness	Inverness Highlands South
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	88.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inverness	Inverness Highlands South
No high school diploma	6.6%	9.4%
High school graduate	33.1%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inverness	Inverness Highlands South
Drove alone	75.6%	77.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	3.5%
Other means	1.5%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inverness	Inverness Highlands South
1-unit, detached	52.7%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	15.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Inverness	Inverness Highlands South
Poverty rate	15.0%	7.4%
Average household size	1.81	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1987	1985