Fearrington Village vs Governors Village

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

Fearrington Village 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.

Fearrington Village has the higher population (2,535 vs 2,148 in Governors Village). Governors Village has the higher median household income ($124,857 vs $101,384 in Fearrington Village). Governors Village has the higher median home value ($565,500 vs $439,900 in Fearrington Village).

Population, income & housing

	Fearrington Village	Governors Village
Population	2,535	2,148
Median age	74.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,384	$124,857
Median home value	$439,900	$565,500
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,779
Housing units	1,492	746
Homeownership rate	78.3%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.9%	73.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fearrington Village	Governors Village
Population	2,867 → 2,535 (-11.6%)	1,738 → 2,148 (+23.6%)
Median household income	$71,307 → $101,384 (+42.2%)	$136,250 → $124,857 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$328,100 → $439,900 (+34.1%)	$424,800 → $565,500 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,600 → $3,501 (+118.8%)	$1,658 → $1,779 (+7.3%)

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 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)

	Fearrington Village	Governors Village
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	1.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	3.0%	5.9%
45 to 54	2.2%	17.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	31.1%	8.0%
75 and over	46.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fearrington Village	Governors Village
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	74.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.6%	4.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	14.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fearrington Village	Governors Village
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.9%
High school graduate	5.6%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	45.5%
Graduate or professional degree	36.4%	27.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fearrington Village	Governors Village
Drove alone	69.2%	61.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	38.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fearrington Village	Governors Village
1-unit, detached	58.8%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	25.1%	19.8%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	14.7%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fearrington Village	Governors Village
Poverty rate	4.0%	14.3%
Average household size	1.73	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1995	2003