Goldston vs Governors Village

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

Goldston 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 367 in Goldston). Governors Village has the higher median household income ($124,857 vs $39,592 in Goldston). Governors Village has the higher median home value ($565,500 vs $189,300 in Goldston).

Population, income & housing

	Goldston	Governors Village
Population	367	2,148
Median age	38.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,592	$124,857
Median home value	$189,300	$565,500
Median gross rent	$950	$1,779
Housing units	162	746
Homeownership rate	83.6%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	73.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goldston	Governors Village
Population	245 → 367 (+49.8%)	1,738 → 2,148 (+23.6%)
Median household income	$42,679 → $39,592 (-7.2%)	$136,250 → $124,857 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $189,300 (+19.7%)	$424,800 → $565,500 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $950 (+13.1%)	$1,658 → $1,779 (+7.3%)

Goldston

Population

245367

Median household income

$42,679$39,592

Median home value

$158,100$189,300

Median gross rent

$840$950

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)

	Goldston	Governors Village
Under 5	2.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	24.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	31.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	7.4%	5.9%
45 to 54	1.6%	17.1%
55 to 64	23.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.0%
75 and over	9.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goldston	Governors Village
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	74.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	14.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goldston	Governors Village
No high school diploma	31.7%	0.9%
High school graduate	15.8%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	45.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	27.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goldston	Governors Village
Drove alone	50.6%	61.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	38.3%
Other means	39.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goldston	Governors Village
1-unit, detached	97.5%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	19.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Goldston	Governors Village
Poverty rate	0.3%	14.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1964	2003