Inverness Highlands North is an unincorporated area and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in

Citrus County Citrus County is a county located on the northwest central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 153,843. Its county seat is Inverness, and its largest community is Homosassa Springs. Citrus County com ...

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, United States. The population was 2,707 at the 2020 census, up from 2,401 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

Homosassa Springs, Florida Homosassa Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Citrus County, Florida, United States. The population was 14,283 as of 2020, up from 13,791 at the 2010 census. Homosassa Springs is the principal community ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Inverness Highlands North is located in eastern Citrus County at (28.864238, -82.377723), up against the northwest corner of the city of

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, the county seat. The CDP is bordered to the north by Hernando and to the northwest by Citrus Hills.

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forms the southern edge of the CDP, leading east into Inverness and west to Crystal River. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.11%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,470 people, 616 households, and 434 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 665 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.77%

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, 6.05%

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, 0.07%

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, 0.27% Asian, 0.14% from

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, and 1.70% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.59% of the population. There were 616 households, out of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were

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living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.80. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 22.4% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $27,128, and the median income for a family was $28,821. Males had a median income of $30,263 versus $21,161 for females. The

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for the CDP was $12,818. About 13.1% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the

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, including 13.0% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over.

Public transportation

Citrus County Transit Citrus County Transit is the public transportation agency that serves Citrus County, Florida. The service provides on-demand service on Monday-Friday and operates the Orange Route, a fixed route which connects Beverly Hills, Homosassa, Lecanto ...

's Orange route serves Inverness.

Education

The CDP is served by

Citrus County Schools The Citrus County School District is the public school district of Citrus County, Florida. The district serves the cities of Crystal River and Inverness, and communities such as Beverly Hills, Citrus Springs, Floral City, Hernando, Holde ...

. Elementary schools serving sections of the CDP include Hernando and Pleasant Grove. All residents are zoned to

Middle School, and

Citrus High School Citrus High School (CHS) is a public high school in the town of Inverness, Florida, United States. A part of the Citrus County School District, Citrus High currently offers a four-year curriculum in grades 9-12 and currently has an enrollment ...

.Citrus County High School Attendance Boundaries
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. Retrieved on February 2, 2017.

References

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