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SheetFL-INVERNESS-HIGHLANDS-SOUTH-FL · Inverness Highlands South, FL 7,478 pop · income 37th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Inverness Highlands South
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Inverness Highlands South on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pocahontas · lowest
42,829
Pocahontas · lowest
42,829 median HH income
29.9% of the leader · rank #1
Florence-Grah… · near
61,216
Florence-Grah… · near
61,216 median HH income
42.7% of the leader · rank #2
Holly · near
61,221
Holly · near
61,221 median HH income
42.7% of the leader · rank #3
Roseville · near
61,222
Roseville · near
61,222 median HH income
42.7% of the leader · rank #4
Inverness Hig… · this city
61,224
Inverness Hig… · this city
61,224 median HH income
42.7% of the leader · rank #5
High Point · near
61,228
High Point · near
61,228 median HH income
42.7% of the leader · rank #6
Longboat Key · highest
143,365
Longboat Key · highest
143,365 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Inverness Highlands South on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 7,478.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Inverness Highlands South lands in the 37th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
37th
percentile, household income
45th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Inverness Highlands South, FL
7,478 people live in Inverness Highlands South, Florida - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Inverness Highlands South report a median income of $61,224 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.9%. Home values in Inverness Highlands South run a median of $206,900, and the median resident age is 46.4 years. 13.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 45.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,526 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Florida, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 75.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Inverness Highlands South's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Inverness Highlands South, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Inverness Highlands South?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Longboat Key (7,512 residents, $143,365 income); South Apopka (7,425 residents, $54,427 income); Loughman (7,535 residents, $64,926 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Eagle, CO (7,479 residents); Mechanicstown, NY (7,479 residents); Hitchcock, TX (7,480 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Inverness Highlands South?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 77.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
How far does income reach against housing in Inverness Highlands South?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Below median income · poverty 3.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Inverness Highlands South, FL
39/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate B
3.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$61,224
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
13.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Inverness Highlands South profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 72/100 (B) · 3.9%
Household income: 36/100 (F) · $61,224
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 17/100 (F) · 13.9%
How does Inverness Highlands South compare to other US cities?
Where Inverness Highlands South sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income37% higher than other cities
Home value45% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Inverness Highlands South against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Inverness Highlands South near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Inverness Highlands South ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Inverness Highlands South only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#577 of 903
36th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#676 of 894
24th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#705 of 930
24th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#751 of 930
19th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
37th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Inverness Highlands South's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$206,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 55% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,489 of 15,516
More affordable than 45% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,902 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.4×, Inverness Highlands South sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,489 of 15,516 and #6,902 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$61,224Inverness Highlands South, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Inverness Highlands South, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Inverness Highlands South, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)45.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,478
Median Income
$61,224
Median Home Value
$206,900
Median Age
46.4
Poverty Rate
3.9%
Labor force participation
45.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
13.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
77.4%
Carpool
11.7%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
3.5%
Other
7.2%
Based on 2,556 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Inverness Highlands South. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Inverness Highlands South is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Inverness Highlands South sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Inverness Highlands South compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.