Briar Chapel vs Governors Club

A side-by-side comparison of Briar Chapel and Governors Club: population, income, housing, and more.

Briar Chapel and Governors Club are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Briar Chapel has the higher population (6,084 vs 1,772 in Governors Club). Governors Club has the higher median household income ($214,643 vs $154,583 in Briar Chapel). Governors Club has the higher median home value ($908,500 vs $508,300 in Briar Chapel).

Population, income & housing

	Briar Chapel	Governors Club
Population	6,084	1,772
Median age	39.3 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$154,583	$214,643
Median home value	$508,300	$908,500
Median gross rent	$2,941	—
Housing units	2,170	834
Homeownership rate	94.2%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.4%	77.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briar Chapel	Governors Club
Population	3,617 → 6,084 (+68.2%)	1,512 → 1,772 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$126,974 → $154,583 (+21.7%)	$176,429 → $214,643 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$375,100 → $508,300 (+35.5%)	$770,400 → $908,500 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,245 → $2,941 (+31.0%)	$1,490 → $2,404 (+61.3%)

Briar Chapel

Population

3,6176,084

Median household income

$126,974$154,583

Median home value

$375,100$508,300

Median gross rent

$2,245$2,941

Governors Club

Population

1,5121,772

Median household income

$176,429$214,643

Median home value

$770,400$908,500

Median gross rent

$1,490$2,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briar Chapel	Governors Club
Under 5	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	6.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	2.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	19.9%	4.6%
45 to 54	15.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	24.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	39.3%
75 and over	4.4%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briar Chapel	Governors Club
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	90.7%
Black or African American	4.2%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briar Chapel	Governors Club
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	3.4%	2.8%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	43.7%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briar Chapel	Governors Club
Drove alone	57.3%	48.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.5%	41.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briar Chapel	Governors Club
1-unit, detached	98.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Briar Chapel	Governors Club
Poverty rate	0.5%	0.7%
Average household size	2.88	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	2015	2003