In addition, Robbins is a college town. There are a lot of students in Robbins attending college, and as a result Robbins provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
Overall, Robbins’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small town, Robbins does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Robbins has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.21% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Robbins in 2018 was $18,943, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,772 for a family of four. However, Robbins contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Robbins also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.80% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Robbins is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Robbins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Robbins residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Robbins also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 41.30% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Robbins include German, English, Irish, Swiss, and Scots-Irish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Robbins's cultural character, accounting for 26.34% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Robbins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
