Garner vs Wendell

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

Garner and Wendell 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 11,585 in Wendell). Wendell has the higher median household income ($93,848 vs $77,496 in Garner). Garner has the higher median home value ($320,300 vs $316,700 in Wendell).

Population, income & housing

	Garner	Wendell
Population	32,543	11,585
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,496	$93,848
Median home value	$320,300	$316,700
Median gross rent	$1,452	$1,397
Housing units	13,961	4,406
Homeownership rate	64.8%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garner	Wendell
Population	29,462 → 32,543 (+10.5%)	7,308 → 11,585 (+58.5%)
Median household income	$65,064 → $77,496 (+19.1%)	$59,236 → $93,848 (+58.4%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $320,300 (+68.6%)	$191,400 → $316,700 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,452 (+29.4%)	$964 → $1,397 (+44.9%)

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

Wendell

Population

7,30811,585

Median household income

$59,236$93,848

Median home value

$191,400$316,700

Median gross rent

$964$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garner	Wendell
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.4%
75 and over	6.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garner	Wendell
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	47.6%
Black or African American	25.9%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garner	Wendell
No high school diploma	5.3%	8.5%
High school graduate	19.8%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garner	Wendell
Drove alone	71.2%	66.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	24.2%
Other means	1.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garner	Wendell
1-unit, detached	65.9%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	11.9%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Garner	Wendell
Poverty rate	7.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	2000	2005