Dobbins Heights vs Roberdel

A side-by-side comparison of Dobbins Heights and Roberdel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dobbins Heights has the higher population (711 vs 227 in Roberdel). Roberdel has the higher median household income ($82,813 vs $21,389 in Dobbins Heights). Roberdel has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $50,800 in Dobbins Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Dobbins Heights	Roberdel
Population	711	227
Median age	48.9 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$21,389	$82,813
Median home value	$50,800	$110,400
Median gross rent	$665	—
Housing units	459	77
Homeownership rate	53.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	31.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dobbins Heights	Roberdel
Population	874 → 711 (-18.6%)	369 → 227 (-38.5%)
Median household income	$23,382 → $21,389 (-8.5%)	$80,682 → $82,813 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$50,300 → $50,800 (+1.0%)	$83,300 → $110,400 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $665 (+43.6%)	—

Dobbins Heights

Population

874711

Median household income

$23,382$21,389

Median home value

$50,300$50,800

Median gross rent

$463$665

Roberdel

Population

369227

Median household income

$80,682$82,813

Median home value

$83,300$110,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dobbins Heights	Roberdel
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	21.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	19.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	24.8%	40.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	0.0%
75 and over	7.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dobbins Heights	Roberdel
White (non-Hispanic)	12.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	81.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dobbins Heights	Roberdel
No high school diploma	13.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	40.8%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dobbins Heights	Roberdel
Drove alone	70.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	20.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dobbins Heights	Roberdel
1-unit, detached	61.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dobbins Heights	Roberdel
Poverty rate	40.2%	0.0%
Average household size	1.96	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	40	—
Median year structure built	1974	1991