Gardiner is a somewhat small city located in the state of Maine. With a population of 6,106 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gardiner is the 62nd largest community in Maine. Gardiner has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Also of interest is that Gardiner has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Gardiner telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.52% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gardiner has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gardiner has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gardiner than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gardiner may be for you.

One downside of living in Gardiner, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.67 minutes every day commuting to work.

Gardiner is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The percentage of people in Gardiner who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.68% of adults in Gardiner have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gardiner in 2022 was $35,701, which is middle income relative to Maine, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,804 for a family of four. However, Gardiner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Gardiner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gardiner residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gardiner include English, Irish, French, German, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Gardiner is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.