Being a small town, Dobson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Dobson are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.03% of adults in Dobson having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dobson in 2018 was $24,414, 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 $97,656 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 15.84% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dobson include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Dobson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
