Garner is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 31,159 people, 11,642 households, and 7,637 families residing in the town.

24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

In the 1850s, the North Carolina Railroad was built, and before the 1870s, a wood-and-water stop was established in present-day downtown Garner.

[9] An explosion and partial roof collapse of a ConAgra Foods plant on June 9, 2009, killed four and injured some 40 workers.

The composition of the Garner City Council, as of 2024, are as follows:[1] Town Manager: Jodi Miller since May 2024 to present As of 2019, the Garner Police Department has 68 sworn police officers and 10 professional staff personnel (including full-time and part-time staff) to provide law enforcement services to a town roughly 16 square miles in area with a permanent residential population of over 31,000 citizens.

Lorie Smith, a captain in the Garner Police Department since 2017, and interim chief since the October 1, 2022, retirement of Joe Binns, was officially promoted to the position of Garner police chief.

[15] The library offers Wake County Public Library's child and adult services, which include storytimes, adult craft programs, computer use, and other free activities for the community.

[16] In 2020, as part of Wake County Public Library's Fine Free program, Southeast Regional Library has stopped collecting fines for books that are returned late.

[17] In June 2020, Southeast Regional Library began offering Wake County's Books on the Go program, a contactless book retrieval service that allows patrons to request and receive books from the library while it is closed due to COVID-19 [18] According to Garner's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[19] the top employers in the town were: In 2020, Amazon began operations at a new Fulfillment Center in Garner and is expected to hire 3,000 full time employees.

[24] GoRaleigh maintains medium-range plans to develop a Bus Rapid Transit line connecting Garner to Raleigh and surrounding areas.

[25] Addition service is provided to seniors and those with disabilities through GoWake Access.