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Dobson town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Dobson town is a Census town of 1,652 people across 2.03 square miles of land, in Surry County. Median household income is $43,750, 48.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $921,200.
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Dobson
What Dobson is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.03 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land813 plus or minus 225
- County holding the largest share of its areaSurry County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dobson
How many people live in Dobson
- Population1,652 plus or minus 457
- Median age35.8
- Population under 18339 plus or minus 153
- Share under 1820.5 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Population 65 and over307 plus or minus 93
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent
- Households593 plus or minus 141
- Family households327 plus or minus 103
- Share of households that are families55.1 percent plus or minus 11.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dobson
Income and work in Dobson
- Median household income$43,750 plus or minus $18,601
- Per capita income$26,231 plus or minus $6,037
- Civilian labor force615 plus or minus 182
- Employed585 plus or minus 172
- Unemployed30 plus or minus 37
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Adults 25 and over1,167 plus or minus 297
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.4 percent plus or minus 26.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.3 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.4 percent plus or minus 7.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dobson
Housing in Dobson
- Housing units662 plus or minus 147
- Occupied units593 plus or minus 141
- Vacant units69 plus or minus 55
- Vacancy rate10.4 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Owner occupied289 plus or minus 92
- Renter occupied304 plus or minus 89
- Ownership rate48.7 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$173,900 plus or minus $95,804
- Median gross rent, monthly$528 plus or minus $107
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.5 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Single family units394 plus or minus 108
- Share single family59.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more259 plus or minus 83
- Share in buildings of two or more39.1 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Mobile homes9 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dobson
How Dobson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute561 plus or minus 154
- Commuting under 15 minutes298 plus or minus 112
- Share commuting under 15 minutes53.1 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more134 plus or minus 69
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.9 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Drove alone61.4 percent
- Carpooled30.0 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home5.4 percent plus or minus 7.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dobson
SBA 7(a) lending to Dobson borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$921,200
- Average approval$184,240
- Median approval$148,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$463,200
- Largest approval$463,200
- Jobs supported21
- Jobs per approval4.2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dobson
Flood programme status in Dobson
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating0
- NFIP community number370603
- Currently effective map date08/18/09
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Surry County, not Dobson
Surry County context, not Dobson figures
These are Surry County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dobson measurements.
- Establishments in Surry County1,661
- Employment at those establishments, Surry County32,143
- Covered employment, Surry County29,147
- Average annual pay, Surry County$49,330
- Average weekly wage, Surry County$949
- Housing units permitted, Surry County243
- Of those, single family, Surry County241
- County product, 2024, Surry County$3,540,033,000
- County product change over the prior year, Surry County4.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Surry County$57,041
Every figure in this section is published for Surry County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dobson. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Dobson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dobson, North Carolina?
1,652, in 593 households. Dobson town covers 2.03 square miles of land, which is 813 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dobson in?
Surry County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Dobson?
$43,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $173,900. Median gross rent is $528 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Dobson businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $921,200, across 4 lenders, median approval $148,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Dobson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Dobson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Dobson. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Dobson in the National Flood Insurance Program?
It is listed but not shown as participating. Dobson appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370603, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Dobson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Surry County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Dobson.
Is zoning published for Dobson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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