Dobson is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,463 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dobson is the 355th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Dobson is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.79% of the Dobson workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Dobson is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dobson who work in management occupations (9.59%), sales jobs (9.23%), and office and administrative support (8.49%). Also of interest is that Dobson has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Dobson 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.In terms of college education, Dobson is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.05% of adults 25 and older in Dobson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Dobson in 2022 was $25,000, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,000 for a family of four. However, Dobson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dobson is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dobson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dobson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dobson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.15% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dobson include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Czech. The most common language spoken in Dobson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
