Of important note, Inverness is also a town of artists. Inverness has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Inverness’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 41.45% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
In addition, Inverness is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Inverness has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Inverness has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Inverness than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Inverness may be for you.
One of the nice things about Inverness is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.
In Inverness, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.69 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Inverness is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
