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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Robbinsville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Robbinsville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Robbinsville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Robbinsville may be for you. One of the benefits of Robbinsville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.19 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. As is often the case in a small town, Robbinsville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.Robbinsville ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.72% of people over 25 have a college degree. 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.
