Robbinsville is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 578 people and four associated neighborhoods, Robbinsville is the 463rd largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Robbinsville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Robbinsville is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Robbinsville who work in food service (20.47%), maintenance occupations (18.13%), and sales jobs (12.28%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.77% 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Robbinsville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Robbinsville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Robbinsville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.19 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. As is often the case in a small town, Robbinsville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Robbinsville has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.72% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Robbinsville in 2022 was $19,142, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,568 for a family of four. Robbinsville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.90% of its population below the federal poverty line.Robbinsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Robbinsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Robbinsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Robbinsville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.48% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Robbinsville include Irish, English, German, Welsh, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Robbinsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
