Garner vs Zebulon

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

Garner and Zebulon 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 7,961 in Zebulon). Garner has the higher median household income ($77,496 vs $58,940 in Zebulon). Garner has the higher median home value ($320,300 vs $275,400 in Zebulon).

Population, income & housing

	Garner	Zebulon
Population	32,543	7,961
Median age	37.6 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,496	$58,940
Median home value	$320,300	$275,400
Median gross rent	$1,452	$1,038
Housing units	13,961	3,195
Homeownership rate	64.8%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garner	Zebulon
Population	29,462 → 32,543 (+10.5%)	5,404 → 7,961 (+47.3%)
Median household income	$65,064 → $77,496 (+19.1%)	$46,849 → $58,940 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $320,300 (+68.6%)	$130,100 → $275,400 (+111.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,452 (+29.4%)	$1,151 → $1,038 (-9.8%)

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

Zebulon

Population

5,4047,961

Median household income

$46,849$58,940

Median home value

$130,100$275,400

Median gross rent

$1,151$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garner	Zebulon
Under 5	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	17.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	19.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	6.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.9%
75 and over	6.9%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garner	Zebulon
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	32.8%
Black or African American	25.9%	38.5%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garner	Zebulon
No high school diploma	5.3%	21.9%
High school graduate	19.8%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garner	Zebulon
Drove alone	71.2%	70.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	21.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garner	Zebulon
1-unit, detached	65.9%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	2.1%
20 or more units	11.9%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Garner	Zebulon
Poverty rate	7.3%	12.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	2000	1993