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.

Garner is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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.

Garner is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 97.2% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Garner.

Even though Garner is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation - mostly taxis - for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Garner Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Garner is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 28.20% of adults in Garner have a college degree.

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.