Dunn is a somewhat small city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 8,754 people and five associated neighborhoods, Dunn is the 108th largest community in North Carolina.Dunn is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dunn is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dunn who work in sales jobs (13.55%), teaching (12.56%), and management occupations (8.02%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.96% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Dunn is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Dunn who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.92% of the adults in Dunn have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Dunn in 2022 was $36,496, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,984 for a family of four. However, Dunn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dunn is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dunn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dunn residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dunn also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dunn include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Dunn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
