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.
A relatively large number of people in Inverness telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 41.45% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
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.
Inverness is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
One downside of living in Inverness, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.69 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Inverness does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
