Dobson is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,469 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dobson is the 355th largest community in North Carolina.Dobson is a blue-collar town, with 35.73% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Dobson is a town of managers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dobson who work in management occupations (18.29%), teaching (7.69%), and office and administrative support (7.18%). 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.The population of Dobson overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Dobson, 24.25% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Dobson in 2022 was $26,231, 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 $104,924 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 21.61% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dobson include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Dobson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
