Governors Village vs Pittsboro

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

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

Pittsboro has the higher population (4,640 vs 2,148 in Governors Village). Governors Village has the higher median household income ($124,857 vs $64,792 in Pittsboro). Governors Village has the higher median home value ($565,500 vs $342,800 in Pittsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Governors Village	Pittsboro
Population	2,148	4,640
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$124,857	$64,792
Median home value	$565,500	$342,800
Median gross rent	$1,779	$993
Housing units	746	2,082
Homeownership rate	60.7%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.0%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Governors Village	Pittsboro
Population	1,738 → 2,148 (+23.6%)	4,195 → 4,640 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$136,250 → $124,857 (-8.4%)	$44,399 → $64,792 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$424,800 → $565,500 (+33.1%)	$255,100 → $342,800 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,658 → $1,779 (+7.3%)	$842 → $993 (+17.9%)

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

Pittsboro

Population

4,1954,640

Median household income

$44,399$64,792

Median home value

$255,100$342,800

Median gross rent

$842$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Governors Village	Pittsboro
Under 5	1.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	24.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	11.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	5.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	17.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.1%
75 and over	7.3%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Governors Village	Pittsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	70.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Governors Village	Pittsboro
No high school diploma	0.9%	2.3%
High school graduate	7.1%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	45.5%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Governors Village	Pittsboro
Drove alone	61.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.3%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Governors Village	Pittsboro
1-unit, detached	51.9%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	19.8%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	11.6%
20 or more units	9.4%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Governors Village	Pittsboro
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.84	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	2003	1999