Governors Village vs Siler City

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

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

Siler City has the higher population (7,905 vs 2,148 in Governors Village). Governors Village has the higher median household income ($124,857 vs $51,751 in Siler City). Governors Village has the higher median home value ($565,500 vs $154,900 in Siler City).

Population, income & housing

	Governors Village	Siler City
Population	2,148	7,905
Median age	42.0 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$124,857	$51,751
Median home value	$565,500	$154,900
Median gross rent	$1,779	$958
Housing units	746	3,161
Homeownership rate	60.7%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.0%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Governors Village	Siler City
Population	1,738 → 2,148 (+23.6%)	8,078 → 7,905 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$136,250 → $124,857 (-8.4%)	$38,222 → $51,751 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$424,800 → $565,500 (+33.1%)	$106,000 → $154,900 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,658 → $1,779 (+7.3%)	$634 → $958 (+51.1%)

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

Siler City

Population

8,0787,905

Median household income

$38,222$51,751

Median home value

$106,000$154,900

Median gross rent

$634$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Governors Village	Siler City
Under 5	1.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	24.6%	22.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	5.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	17.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	4.9%
75 and over	7.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Governors Village	Siler City
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	23.5%
Black or African American	5.7%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	14.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	55.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Governors Village	Siler City
No high school diploma	0.9%	31.3%
High school graduate	7.1%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	45.5%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Governors Village	Siler City
Drove alone	61.7%	81.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	38.3%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Governors Village	Siler City
1-unit, detached	51.9%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	19.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	8.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Governors Village	Siler City
Poverty rate	14.3%	25.2%
Average household size	2.84	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	2003	1981