Dudley is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 826 people and three associated neighborhoods, Dudley is the 423rd largest community in North Carolina.Dudley is a blue-collar town, with 43.33% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Dudley is a town of managers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dudley who work in business and financial occupations (15.93%), farm management occupations (12.96%), and management occupations (12.59%). You will also find that a lot of people in Dudley work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Dudley is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Dudley who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.71% of the adults in Dudley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Dudley in 2022 was $23,967, 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 $95,868 for a family of four. However, Dudley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dudley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dudley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Dudley, accounting for 54.31% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dudley residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Dudley include French, British, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian. Dudley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 33.02%. The most common language spoken in Dudley is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
