Photo: Bernardgeorgeh · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Dobbins Heights commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
9 jobs are based in Dobbins Heights for 241 working residents. Hardly any work in Dobbins Heights itself; outside it, Rockingham draws the most (17%, 4 miles). 4% of workers have no commute at all, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Dobbins Heights apart on work
Dobbins Heights is a place people come home to
There are 9 jobs based in Dobbins Heights, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dobbins Heights has about 450 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Dobbins Heights workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 241 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Dobbins Heights on a workday
On a workday 240 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Dobbins Heights on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Dobbins Heights
About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 25 minutes to work from Dobbins Heights
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dobbins Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 164 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Dobbins Heights’ working residents head each day
Where Dobbins Heights clocks in
17% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Most jobs in Dobbins Heights are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dobbins Heights, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 9. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dobbins Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How Dobbins Heights compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hamlet (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dobbins Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dobbins Heights | – | — | — | 25 min | $18,958 |
| Hamlet | 6% | D | C | 22 min | $41,590 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dobbins Heights’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dobbins Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Dobbins Heights?
$18,958 (±$8,303) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dobbins Heights?
50.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dobbins Heights?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dobbins Heights work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockingham (17%, 4 mi), Hamlet (6%, 2 mi), Pinehurst (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dobbins Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dobbins Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dobbins Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.