Carolina Meadows vs Governors Club

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

Carolina Meadows 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.

Governors Club has the higher population (1,772 vs 536 in Carolina Meadows). Governors Club has the higher median household income ($214,643 vs $133,090 in Carolina Meadows). Governors Club has the higher median home value ($908,500 vs $514,900 in Carolina Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Club
Population	536	1,772
Median age	83.2 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$133,090	$214,643
Median home value	$514,900	$908,500
Median gross rent	$3,176	—
Housing units	353	834
Homeownership rate	44.8%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.4%	77.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Club
Population	611 → 536 (-12.3%)	1,512 → 1,772 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$102,800 → $133,090 (+29.5%)	$176,429 → $214,643 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$381,500 → $514,900 (+35.0%)	$770,400 → $908,500 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,938 → $3,176 (+8.1%)	$1,490 → $2,404 (+61.3%)

Carolina Meadows

Population

611536

Median household income

$102,800$133,090

Median home value

$381,500$514,900

Median gross rent

$2,938$3,176

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)

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Club
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	6.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	3.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	24.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	39.3%
75 and over	88.6%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Club
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Club
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	7.3%	2.8%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	49.1%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Club
Drove alone	100.0%	48.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	41.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Club
1-unit, detached	0.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	68.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Club
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.7%
Average household size	1.41	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1994	2003