Fearrington Village vs Governors Club

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

Fearrington Village 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.

Fearrington Village has the higher population (2,535 vs 1,772 in Governors Club). Governors Club has the higher median household income ($214,643 vs $101,384 in Fearrington Village). Governors Club has the higher median home value ($908,500 vs $439,900 in Fearrington Village).

Population, income & housing

	Fearrington Village	Governors Club
Population	2,535	1,772
Median age	74.2 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,384	$214,643
Median home value	$439,900	$908,500
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	1,492	834
Homeownership rate	78.3%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.9%	77.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fearrington Village	Governors Club
Population	2,867 → 2,535 (-11.6%)	1,512 → 1,772 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$71,307 → $101,384 (+42.2%)	$176,429 → $214,643 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$328,100 → $439,900 (+34.1%)	$770,400 → $908,500 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,600 → $3,501 (+118.8%)	$1,490 → $2,404 (+61.3%)

Fearrington Village

Population

2,8672,535

Median household income

$71,307$101,384

Median home value

$328,100$439,900

Median gross rent

$1,600$3,501

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)

	Fearrington Village	Governors Club
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	6.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	2.5%
25 to 34	1.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.0%	4.6%
45 to 54	2.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.0%	24.5%
65 to 74	31.1%	39.3%
75 and over	46.5%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fearrington Village	Governors Club
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fearrington Village	Governors Club
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	5.6%	2.8%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	36.4%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fearrington Village	Governors Club
Drove alone	69.2%	48.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	41.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fearrington Village	Governors Club
1-unit, detached	58.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	25.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fearrington Village	Governors Club
Poverty rate	4.0%	0.7%
Average household size	1.73	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1995	2003