Dudley is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 826 people and three associated neighborhoods, Dudley is the 423rd largest community in North Carolina.

You will also find that a lot of people in Dudley work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 22.08% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Dudley is worth considering.

Being a small town, Dudley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Dudley who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.67% of the adults in Dudley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dudley in 2022 was $22,211, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,844 for a family of four. However, Dudley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dudley also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.25% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Dudley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dudley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Dudley, accounting for 55.57% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dudley residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Dudley include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.

Dudley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.32%.

The most common language spoken in Dudley is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.