Garner is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 33,669 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Garner is the 33rd largest community in North Carolina. Garner has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Garner, where the median household income is $77,171.00.Unlike some towns, Garner isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Garner are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Garner is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Garner who work in business and financial occupations (13.27%), office and administrative support (12.39%), and management occupations (9.92%). Also of interest is that Garner has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.25% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Garner is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.The education level of Garner ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Garner, 45.11% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Garner in 2022 was $42,165, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $168,660 for a family of four. However, Garner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Garner is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Garner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Garner residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Garner also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.07% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Garner include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Garner is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
