For population 25 years and over in Inverness Highlands South:
High school or higher: 78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
Unemployed: 6.3%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.0 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Inverness Highlands South CDP:
Never married: 12.5%
Now married: 65.3%
Separated: 0.7%
Widowed: 12.4%
Divorced: 9.0%
336 residents are foreign born (3.2% Europe, 1.3% Latin America, 1.0% North America).
This place:
5.8%
Florida:
16.7%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,039 (0.8%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $724 (0.6%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Spring Hill, FL (25.8 miles , pop. 69,078).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Tampa, FL (57.9 miles , pop. 303,447).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (789.9 miles , pop. 1,953,631).
Inverness Highlands South-area historical tornado activity is above Florida state average. It is 98% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/9/1983, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.7 miles away from the Inverness Highlands South place center killed 3 peopleand injured 2 peopleand causedbetween $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
On 2/2/2007, a category F3 tornado 17.9 miles away from the place center killed 8 peopleand injured 25 peopleand caused $114 million in damages.
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Polk County (19) is greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 11 Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 7, Fires: 6, Tropical Storms: 3, Floods: 2, Tornadoes: 2, Freeze: 1, Hurricane: 1, Tornado: 1, Wind: 1, Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Inverness Highlands South:
CITRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 2 miles away; INVERNESS, FL)
BROOKSVILLE REGIONAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 16 miles away; BROOKSVILLE, FL)
OAK HILL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 19 miles away; BROOKSVILLE, FL)
Amtrak station near Inverness Highlands South:
19 miles: WILDWOOD (601 N. MAIN ST.) . Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Operable nuclear power plant near Inverness Highlands South:
18 miles: Crystal River 3 in Crystal River, FL.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Inverness Highlands South:
Central Florida Community College (about 27 miles; Ocala, FL; Full-time enrollment: 3,440)
Saint Leo University (about 33 miles; Saint Leo, FL; FT enrollment: 8,783)
Pasco-Hernando Community College (about 41 miles; New Port Richey, FL; FT enrollment: 4,159)
University of South Florida-Main Campus (about 52 miles; Tampa, FL; FT enrollment: 27,329)
Everest University-Brandon (about 57 miles; Tampa, FL; FT enrollment: 2,266)
Southeastern University (about 59 miles; Lakeland, FL; FT enrollment: 2,516)
University of Florida (about 59 miles; Gainesville, FL; FT enrollment: 43,960)
Churches in Inverness Highlands South include: Grace Bible Fellowship (A), Shirdi Sai Center (B), Inverness First Assembly of God (C), Church of Christ (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Polk County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 18.3%
(19.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 13.9% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 26.6% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.3 people
Florida:
2.5 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
65.9%
Whole state:
67.7%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
4.2%
Whole state:
5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Inverness Highlands South (based on Polk County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 41.86%
Here
41.9%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Southern Baptist Convention
Catholic Church
United Methodist Church
Assemblies of God
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Adherents
33.5%
18.6%
9.3%
6.8%
3.8%
Congregations
25.3%
2.3%
7.0%
9.1%
6.6%
Name
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Lutheran Church
Episcopal Church
Charismatic Churches Independent
Other
Adherents
3.3%
2.4%
2.2%
2.2%
18.1%
Congregations
3.0%
1.1%
2.6%
0.6%
42.3%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 94
Polk County:
1.64 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.04 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 6
Here:
0.10 / 10,000 pop.
Florida:
0.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 104
This county:
1.82 / 10,000 pop.
Florida:
1.28 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 215
Polk County:
3.75 / 10,000 pop.
Florida:
3.04 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 281
This county:
4.90 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.45 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Polk County:
9.8%
Florida:
9.2%
Adult obesity rate:
Polk County:
30.1%
State:
23.7%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
15.0%
State:
14.0%
9.47% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,836 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
9.47%
Florida average:
8.71%
0.11% of residents moved from foreign countries ($269 average AGI)
Polk County:
0.11%
Florida average:
0.22%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
#3 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Food and beverage stores (population 5,000+)"
#10 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Legal support workers (population 5,000+)"
#13 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers: (population 5,000+)"
#15 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (population 5,000+)"
#19 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Engineers (population 5,000+)"
#19 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Legal occupations: (population 5,000+)"
#95 on the list of "Top 100 cities with oldest residents (pop. 5,000+)"
#30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
#87 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
