Dudley is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 826 people and three associated neighborhoods, Dudley is the 423rd largest community in North Carolina.

Another important characteristic of Dudley is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

A relatively large number of people in Dudley telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.97% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small town, Dudley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Dudley who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.71% of the adults in Dudley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dudley in 2022 was $23,967, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,868 for a family of four. However, Dudley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Dudley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dudley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Dudley, accounting for 54.31% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dudley residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Dudley include French, British, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.

Dudley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 33.02%.

The most common language spoken in Dudley is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.