North Carolina · Census place 3725480
Garner, North Carolina
Garner is a town in Wake County, North Carolina with an estimated 39,345 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 29th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 39,345
- #29 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +25.3%
- +7,933 people
- Land area
- 19.7 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,994 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Garner population, 2020 to 2024
Garner added 7,933 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +25.3%. In the latest year it moved by +3,691. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Garner is 2.7 times that size.
Garner covers 19.73 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,994 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Garner is denser than the typical town.
What county Garner is in
All of Garner's residents live in Wake County, which had 1,232,444 residents in 2024. Garner holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Garner
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Garner by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27529, 27603. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Garner is
The Census internal point of Garner is at 35.689500, -78.614600. Raleigh, the capital, is 6.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Raleigh, NC (499,825 people), 9.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.689500, -78.614600
- DMS
- 35°41'22.20"N 78°36'52.56"W
- UTM
- 17N 715850.1E 3952132.6N
- Geohash
- dq25514d7
- Plus code
- 8773M9QP+R5
Daylight in Garner
At 35.69° N, Garner gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Garner
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Knightdale, 9.7 miles away, with 21,829 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Garner, NC?
39,345 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7,933 (25.3%) from 31,412 in July 2020.
What county is Garner in?
Wake County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Garner?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 27529, 27603.
How far is Garner from Raleigh?
6.4 miles (10.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Garner.
What is the nearest larger city to Garner?
Raleigh, NC, with 499,825 residents, 9.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.