Fontana Dam vs Robbinsville

A side-by-side comparison of Fontana Dam and Robbinsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Fontana Dam and Robbinsville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Robbinsville has the higher population (677 vs 11 in Fontana Dam). Since 2019, Robbinsville's population has grown faster (-2.3% vs -59.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana Dam	Robbinsville
Population	11	677
Median age	—	54.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$17,841
Median gross rent	—	$350
Housing units	148	423
Homeownership rate	0.0%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana Dam	Robbinsville
Population	27 → 11 (-59.3%)	693 → 677 (-2.3%)
Median household income	—	$14,778 → $17,841 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$323 → $350 (+8.4%)

Fontana Dam

Population

2711

Robbinsville

Population

693677

Median household income

$14,778$17,841

Median gross rent

$323$350

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana Dam	Robbinsville
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	54.5%	7.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	45.5%	3.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	20.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	19.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	19.6%
75 and over	0.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana Dam	Robbinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana Dam	Robbinsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	41.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana Dam	Robbinsville
Drove alone	100.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana Dam	Robbinsville
1-unit, detached	97.3%	31.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Fontana Dam	Robbinsville
Poverty rate	0.0%	36.7%
Average household size	2.20	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1974	1983