Apex vs Garner

A side-by-side comparison of Apex and Garner: population, income, housing, and more.

Apex and Garner are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Apex has the higher population (67,765 vs 32,543 in Garner). Apex has the higher median household income ($138,442 vs $77,496 in Garner). Apex has the higher median home value ($514,800 vs $320,300 in Garner).

Population, income & housing

	Apex	Garner
Population	67,765	32,543
Median age	36.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$138,442	$77,496
Median home value	$514,800	$320,300
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,452
Housing units	25,148	13,961
Homeownership rate	75.3%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.6%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apex	Garner
Population	51,370 → 67,765 (+31.9%)	29,462 → 32,543 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$111,435 → $138,442 (+24.2%)	$65,064 → $77,496 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$327,800 → $514,800 (+57.0%)	$190,000 → $320,300 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,380 → $1,784 (+29.3%)	$1,122 → $1,452 (+29.4%)

Apex

Population

51,37067,765

Median household income

$111,435$138,442

Median home value

$327,800$514,800

Median gross rent

$1,380$1,784

Garner

Population

29,46232,543

Median household income

$65,064$77,496

Median home value

$190,000$320,300

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,452

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apex	Garner
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	18.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.8%
75 and over	2.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apex	Garner
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	55.2%
Black or African American	8.1%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	16.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apex	Garner
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	9.2%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apex	Garner
Drove alone	58.5%	71.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	32.5%	19.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apex	Garner
1-unit, detached	67.6%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	13.2%
20 or more units	7.6%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Apex	Garner
Poverty rate	2.6%	7.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	2007	2000