“Friday night football is king. / Sweet tea goes good with anything. / The fireflies come out when the sun goes down. / Nobody eats 'til you say amen. / And everybody knows your mom and them. / You can see who loves who for miles around. / In a water tower town.” (- Scotty McCreery, Garner, NC native, whose music video for "Water Tower Town" was filmed in his hometown)
With road names like Jones Sausage Road and Timber Drive, who wouldn’t want to live in the town of Garner, North Carolina? As of the 2010 census, Garner’s population comes in at 25,745, with most residents hooked on Carolina staples like pulled pork barbecue and sweet tea or NY-style pizza and bagels
“Friday night football is king. / Sweet tea goes good with anything. / The fireflies come out when the sun goes down. / Nobody eats 'til you say amen. / And everybody knows your mom and them. / You can see who loves who for miles around. / In a water tower town.” (- Scotty McCreery, Garner, NC native, whose music video for "Water Tower Town" was filmed in his hometown)
With road names like Jones Sausage Road and Timber Drive, who wouldn’t want to live in the town of Garner, North Carolina? As of the 2010 census, Garner’s population comes in at 25,745, with most residents hooked on Carolina staples like pulled pork barbecue and sweet tea or NY-style pizza and bagels. Like much of the greater Triangle region of North Carolina, a substantial number of former New Yorkers call the area home.Garner has a smaller land area and population than nearby cities like state capital Raleigh and Durham.
Moving South
You will find public transportation in the form of buses.
Part of one of the fastest-growing areas of the country, Garner isn’t lacking for housing options. There's everything from luxury apartments to house rentals. Many of the apartment complexes are corporate owned. However, you can expect detailed credit and reference checks at large apartment complexes. One other plus of moving to a fast-growing area is the fact that a number of the rental apartments are new or only a few years old.
Living South
Looking at Garner on a map, the borders look like some kid scribbled them in a strange pattern with a crayon. Somewhere in all of that are neighborhoods, which mostly consist of housing subdivisions.
Cloverdale: With a median rent, it offers convenient commutes to downtown Raleigh and neighboring Cary.
Rosemoor Place: With huge homes on large tracts of land, you’ll have plenty of privacy here.
Heather Woods: Mostly consisting of single-family homes, this subdivision is not far from Lake Benson.
Forrest Hills: Close to the major road U.S. 70, this neighborhood is home to a few apartment complexes in addition to single-family homes.
Garner residents generally like to keep active, and with access to so many greenway trails, there’s plenty of options for biking, running or walking.
