Work & commute · Garner

Work & commute in Garner, NC

Most working residents leave Garner for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (37%), Cary (9%) and Durham (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,375 of 16,404 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,029 Garner residents head out of town to work, 1,375 work right here, and 23,651 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garner.

15,029live here, work elsewhere

1,375live and work here

23,651work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garner goes to work

Raleigh9.9 mi away

37%6,126

Cary13.4 mi away

9%1,398

Garner (in town)right here

8%1,375

Durham25.5 mi away

7%1,152

Charlotte129.1 mi away

4%682

Morrisville16.2 mi away

2%380

Apex15.1 mi away

2%264

Chapel Hill29 mi away

1%225

Greensboro73.2 mi away

1%196

Clayton9.7 mi away

1%172

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%4,434

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Garner commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

41%

35%

15%

41%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garner is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Garner are

25,026 jobs are based in Garner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Garner

25,026 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Garner residents hold

16,404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+70%

Jobs based in Garner, 2013 → 2023: 14,735 → 25,026. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.