Governors Club vs Gulf

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

Governors Club and Gulf 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 185 in Gulf). Since 2019, Gulf's population has grown faster (+17.8% vs +17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Governors Club	Gulf
Population	1,772	185
Median age	65.6 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$214,643	—
Median home value	$908,500	—
Housing units	834	95
Homeownership rate	97.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Governors Club	Gulf
Population	1,512 → 1,772 (+17.2%)	157 → 185 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$176,429 → $214,643 (+21.7%)	—
Median home value	$770,400 → $908,500 (+17.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,490 → $2,404 (+61.3%)	—

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

Gulf

Population

157185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Governors Club	Gulf
Under 5	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	6.1%	27.0%
18 to 24	2.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	51.4%
35 to 44	4.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	24.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	39.3%	0.0%
75 and over	14.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Governors Club	Gulf
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Governors Club	Gulf
No high school diploma	3.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	2.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	44.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Governors Club	Gulf
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Governors Club	Gulf
Poverty rate	0.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.17	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	2003	—