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Garner, NC
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Garner profile


Living in Garner



Garner is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 33,669 people and 12 constituent 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 $70,007.00.

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: 14.18% 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.

Even though Garner is not a small town, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Garner is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 43.63% of adults in Garner have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Garner in 2018 was $36,163, 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 $144,652 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 10.03% 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.