Gardner is a medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 20,902 people and five associated neighborhoods, Gardner is the 92nd largest community in Massachusetts. Gardner has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Also of interest is that Gardner 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: 9.62% 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.

One downside of living in Gardner is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Gardner, the average commute to work is 31.35 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The percentage of adults in Gardner who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.38% of the adults in Gardner have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gardner in 2018 was $32,720, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,880 for a family of four. However, Gardner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gardner is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gardner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gardner residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gardner include French Canadian, English, French, Irish, and Italian.

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