Dunn is a somewhat small city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 8,581 people and five associated neighborhoods, Dunn is the 108th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dunn is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dunn is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dunn who work in sales jobs (14.75%), teaching (12.62%), and office and administrative support (8.53%). Dunn is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Dunn overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Dunn, 21.35% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Dunn in 2022 was $35,272, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,088 for a family of four. However, Dunn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dunn is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dunn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dunn residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dunn also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dunn include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Dunn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
