Average household size:
| This town: |  2.4 people | | North Carolina: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 58.5% | | Whole state: | 68.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 4.2% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 32.6% | | Whole state: | 12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 13.2% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Dobbins Heights, NC
17 people in state prisons
Dobbins Heights compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Richmond County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (4%)
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Religion statistics for Dobbins Heights
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | National Association of Free Will Baptists | International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
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| Adherents | 44.6% | 27.6% | 6.2% | 5.4% | 2.7% |
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| Congregations | 26.1% | 21.6% | 9.0% | 8.1% | 7.2% |
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| Name | The Wesleyan Church | Catholic Church | Presbyterian Church in America | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 2.6% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 6.0% |
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| Congregations | 3.6% | 0.9% | 2.7% | 3.6% | 17.1% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $4,443 | $26,658 | 5 | $541 |
| Solid Waste Management |
2 | $2,922 | $17,532 | 1 | $90 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,250 |
| Totals for Government |
4 | $7,365 | $22,095 | 8 | $1,881 |
Dobbins Heights government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Parks & Recreation: $5,000
- Construction - Parks & Recreation: $15,000
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $123,000
Solid Waste Management: $61,000
Fire Protection: $24,000
Parks & Recreation: $20,000
Regular Highways: $12,000
General - Other: $2,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $119,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $17,000
Interest Earnings: $4,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $191,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $38,000
General Support: $16,000
- Tax - Property: $59,000
NEC: $5,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $121,000
4.53% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,369 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.53% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.35% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,665 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.35% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Dobbins Heights:
- WKDX (1250 AM; 1 kW; HAMLET, NC; Owner: THE MCLAURIN GROUP)
- WLWL (770 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ROCKINGHAM, NC; Owner: SANDHILLS BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WAYN (900 AM; 1 kW; ROCKINGHAM, NC)
- WBSC (1550 AM; 10 kW; BENNETTSVILLE, SC; Owner: D-MITCH BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WEWO (1460 AM; 5 kW; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: SERVICE MEDIA, INC.)
- WEEB (990 AM; 10 kW; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: PINEHURST BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
Strongest FM radio stations in Dobbins Heights:
- WJSG (104.3 FM; HAMLET, NC; Owner: JACKSON BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WRSH (91.1 FM; ROCKINGHAM, NC; Owner: RICHMOND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION)
- WEGX (92.9 FM; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WYFQ-FM (93.5 FM; WADESBORO, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WFLB (96.5 FM; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: WFLB LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKML (95.7 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: WKML LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WIOZ-FM (102.5 FM; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: MERIDIAN COMMUNICATIONS. L.L.C.)
- WBFY (90.3 FM; PINEHURST, NC; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WKQB (106.9 FM; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP)
- WUKS (107.7 FM; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJMX-FM (103.3 FM; CHERAW, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WVSZ (107.3 FM; CHESTERFIELD, SC; Owner: OUR THREE SONS BROADCASTING, LLP)
TV broadcast stations around Dobbins Heights:
- WPDE-TV (Channel 15; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GRAND STRAND COMMUNICATIONS)
- WWMB (Channel 21; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WBTW (Channel 13; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WUNU (Channel 31; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WFPX (Channel 62; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WYBE-CA (Channel 44; PINEHURST, NC; Owner: MULTIMEDIA NETWORK OF NC, INC)
- W19CA (Channel 19; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION)
- W24AY (Channel 24; LILESVILLE/WADESBORO, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
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