Carolina Meadows vs Governors Village

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

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

Governors Village has the higher population (2,148 vs 536 in Carolina Meadows). Carolina Meadows has the higher median household income ($133,090 vs $124,857 in Governors Village). Governors Village has the higher median home value ($565,500 vs $514,900 in Carolina Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Village
Population	536	2,148
Median age	83.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$133,090	$124,857
Median home value	$514,900	$565,500
Median gross rent	$3,176	$1,779
Housing units	353	746
Homeownership rate	44.8%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.4%	73.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Village
Population	611 → 536 (-12.3%)	1,738 → 2,148 (+23.6%)
Median household income	$102,800 → $133,090 (+29.5%)	$136,250 → $124,857 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$381,500 → $514,900 (+35.0%)	$424,800 → $565,500 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,938 → $3,176 (+8.1%)	$1,658 → $1,779 (+7.3%)

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 Village

Population

1,7382,148

Median household income

$136,250$124,857

Median home value

$424,800$565,500

Median gross rent

$1,658$1,779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Village
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	3.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.0%
75 and over	88.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Village
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	74.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	14.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Village
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.9%
High school graduate	7.3%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	45.5%
Graduate or professional degree	49.1%	27.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Village
Drove alone	100.0%	61.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	38.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Village
1-unit, detached	0.6%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	68.3%	19.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	20.1%	11.7%
20 or more units	11.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Meadows	Governors Village
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.3%
Average household size	1.41	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1994	2003