Garner is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 17,595 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Garner is the 46th largest community in North Carolina.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Garner is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Garner is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Garner who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.74%), sales jobs (10.74%), and management occupations (7.66%).

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.

Residents of Garner by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.2% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Garner may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Despite being a small town, Garner has a lot of people using taxis to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on taxis are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Garner Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Garner citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 28.20% of adults in Garner have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Garner in 2000 was $22,433, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,732 for a family of four.

Garner is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Garner home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Garner is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Garner include English, Irish, German, Scotch-Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Garner is English. Some people also speak Spanish.