Fuquay-Varina vs Garner

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

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

Fuquay-Varina has the higher population (37,749 vs 32,543 in Garner). Fuquay-Varina has the higher median household income ($111,447 vs $77,496 in Garner). Fuquay-Varina has the higher median home value ($410,600 vs $320,300 in Garner).

Population, income & housing

	Fuquay-Varina	Garner
Population	37,749	32,543
Median age	36.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,447	$77,496
Median home value	$410,600	$320,300
Median gross rent	$1,646	$1,452
Housing units	14,124	13,961
Homeownership rate	74.4%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fuquay-Varina	Garner
Population	27,426 → 37,749 (+37.6%)	29,462 → 32,543 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$79,000 → $111,447 (+41.1%)	$65,064 → $77,496 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$255,900 → $410,600 (+60.5%)	$190,000 → $320,300 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,646 (+41.9%)	$1,122 → $1,452 (+29.4%)

Fuquay-Varina

Population

27,42637,749

Median household income

$79,000$111,447

Median home value

$255,900$410,600

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,646

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)

	Fuquay-Varina	Garner
Under 5	7.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	16.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	8.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.8%
75 and over	4.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Garner
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	55.2%
Black or African American	15.2%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	3.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fuquay-Varina	Garner
No high school diploma	3.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	15.0%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.6%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Garner
Drove alone	64.5%	71.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	26.4%	19.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Garner
1-unit, detached	80.4%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	13.2%
20 or more units	6.3%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fuquay-Varina	Garner
Poverty rate	8.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	2010	2000