Garner vs Holly Springs

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

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

Holly Springs has the higher population (43,429 vs 32,543 in Garner). Holly Springs has the higher median household income ($132,435 vs $77,496 in Garner). Holly Springs has the higher median home value ($485,500 vs $320,300 in Garner).

Population, income & housing

	Garner	Holly Springs
Population	32,543	43,429
Median age	37.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,496	$132,435
Median home value	$320,300	$485,500
Median gross rent	$1,452	$1,858
Housing units	13,961	15,171
Homeownership rate	64.8%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	67.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garner	Holly Springs
Population	29,462 → 32,543 (+10.5%)	34,874 → 43,429 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$65,064 → $77,496 (+19.1%)	$112,029 → $132,435 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $320,300 (+68.6%)	$320,900 → $485,500 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,452 (+29.4%)	$1,416 → $1,858 (+31.2%)

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

Holly Springs

Population

34,87443,429

Median household income

$112,029$132,435

Median home value

$320,900$485,500

Median gross rent

$1,416$1,858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garner	Holly Springs
Under 5	5.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	26.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	17.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.9%
75 and over	6.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garner	Holly Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	74.2%
Black or African American	25.9%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garner	Holly Springs
No high school diploma	5.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	19.8%	7.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	41.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garner	Holly Springs
Drove alone	71.2%	63.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.6%	30.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garner	Holly Springs
1-unit, detached	65.9%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	5.2%
20 or more units	11.9%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Garner	Holly Springs
Poverty rate	7.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.49	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	2000	2008