Garner vs Rolesville

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

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

Garner has the higher population (32,543 vs 10,200 in Rolesville). Rolesville has the higher median household income ($148,250 vs $77,496 in Garner). Rolesville has the higher median home value ($467,400 vs $320,300 in Garner).

Population, income & housing

	Garner	Rolesville
Population	32,543	10,200
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,496	$148,250
Median home value	$320,300	$467,400
Median gross rent	$1,452	$982
Housing units	13,961	3,315
Homeownership rate	64.8%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	66.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garner	Rolesville
Population	29,462 → 32,543 (+10.5%)	7,488 → 10,200 (+36.2%)
Median household income	$65,064 → $77,496 (+19.1%)	$119,615 → $148,250 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $320,300 (+68.6%)	$316,200 → $467,400 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,452 (+29.4%)	$788 → $982 (+24.6%)

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

Rolesville

Population

7,48810,200

Median household income

$119,615$148,250

Median home value

$316,200$467,400

Median gross rent

$788$982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garner	Rolesville
Under 5	5.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	23.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	19.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	17.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	6.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.8%
75 and over	6.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garner	Rolesville
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	58.1%
Black or African American	25.9%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garner	Rolesville
No high school diploma	5.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	19.8%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garner	Rolesville
Drove alone	71.2%	66.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	28.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garner	Rolesville
1-unit, detached	65.9%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Garner	Rolesville
Poverty rate	7.3%	0.9%
Average household size	2.49	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	2000	2013