Dunn is home to 8,559 people in North Carolina. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 21% of adults. That trails the North Carolina median by roughly 35%. The median age is 43.2, about 4 years above the US median. Owners hold 54% of the housing stock. The typical home is worth $193,900, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $46,830, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 36%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Dunn
What changed most since 1990
White share58.1% → 50.2%(−7.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share41.0% → 32.6%(−8.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree13.1% → 20.9%(+7.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Dunn's population equals 6.2% of Harnett County's. Its number of households without a car equals 19% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 10% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22%(111)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.1%(127)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.5%(154)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.9%(35)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.2%(6)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 505 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Dunn, decade by decade
Dunn population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,336
$41,303
$115,203
13.1%
61.8
2000
9,196
$52,008
$142,271
16.8%
67.5
2010
9,263
$43,757
$150,618
14.9%
72.5
2020
8,446
$41,772
$164,231
19.2%
78.2
2024
8,559
$46,830
$193,900
20.9%
78.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
