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Dobson, NC

1,652 Population
2 square miles 813 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 43.8 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,231 ±$6,037 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $32,573 ±$1,450
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,750 ±$18,601 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $55,656 ±$3,280
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.4% ±14.7% (298  ±212) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 16.8% † 11,829 (±1.8% / ±1,232)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±3.5 (10,080  ±3,724) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 24.3 709,520 (±0.9 / ±33,474)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

593 ±141 Number of households
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 29,869 ±421
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (1,287  ±363) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 2.4 70,384 (±0 / ±270)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±4.4% (18  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6% † 885 (±1.4% / ±200)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

662 ±147 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 33,747 ±137
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$173,900 ±$95,804 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $177,600 ±$7,293
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.8% ±9.1% (375  ±182.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 9.1% † 6,414 (±1.2% / ±840.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.4% ±25.7% (927  ±184.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 83.8% 42,541 (±2.7% / ±1,369.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.3% ±6.4% (283  ±103.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 20.4% 10,358 (±1.3% / ±640.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.3% ±7.6% (186  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6.1% 4,358
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±2.5% (71  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6.3% 3,550 (±0.6% / ±330)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
71 Total veterans ±38 47 Male ±35 24 Female ±19

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