Governors ClubNC
1,787 people live in this town in North Carolina.
Is Governors Club a good place to live?
The best of Governors Club’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A− for health; the weakest is a C for cost of living. 79% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Governors Club, above both the North Carolina town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). No town in North Carolina scores higher than Governors Club on incomes. Governors Club's schools outperform 68% of the state's. Governors Club’s trail density is 2.6 miles per square mile, against 0.2 in North Carolina’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. On history, just 28 of North Carolina’s 451 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Jordan Game Land, at 64 acres. Governors Club has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Governors Club stand out
Where Governors Club beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Governors Club for work
Where Governors Club’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Governors Club grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Governors Club is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Kenan Memorial Stadium and 24 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Governors Club. Close and well known come first.
5 mi Stadium & arenaKenan Memorial Stadium
18 mi Stadium & arenaLenovo Center
19 mi Stadium & arenaCarter–Finley Stadium
4 mi Stadium & arenaDean Smith Center
17 mi Stadium & arenaWakeMed Soccer Park
14 mi LandmarkBennett Place State Historic SitePhoto credits
Kenan Memorial Stadium: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0 · Lenovo Center: Edward T. Funkhouser, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carter–Finley Stadium: SMaloney, CC BY 3.0 · Dean Smith Center: No machine-readable author provided. Snargle~commonswiki assumed (based on copyr, Public domain · WakeMed Soccer Park: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bennett Place State Historic Site: Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Governors Club: who provides what
Governors Club is unincorporated, so Chatham County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Governors Club.
Governors Club stands out in North Carolina and nationally: a larger share of its adults had a checkup this year
Among adults in Governors Club, 10% binge drink and 25% sleep under 7 hours. Only 2 of the 290 North Carolina towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Governors Club. Also worth knowing: for adults 18 to 64 locally, the share who have no health insurance is 6.2%. The town beats the North Carolina average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| Governors Club | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 17% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 34% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Governors Club | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.3% | 8.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5% | 12.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.9% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of North Carolina and the rest of the country, the median household income in Governors Club is higher
Jobs in Governors Club grew by 83 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 251. Governors Club’s average commute stands at 31 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 13 miles. In Governors Club, 1.1% of working residents work locally.
| Governors Club | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $236,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 6.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jordan Game Land | — | 64 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Governors Club faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Flood insurance has paid out on 2 claims in Governors Club since 2008. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 51% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Governors Club sells for about $1.15M at the median
Among 291 North Carolina towns, just 3 have a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Governors Club.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Governors Club
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Governors Club
About 4 of every 100 Governors Club residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Governors Club
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Governors Club is a golf course community and census-designated place (CDP) in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,969. The community is in northern Chatham County, 7 miles (11 km) south of Chapel Hill. It is bordered to the northeast by the Governors Village CDP. The 667-foot (203 m) summit of Edwards Mountain is in the west-central part of the Governors Club CDP.
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- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 469 ft
Governors Club’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Governors Club.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governors Club | — | — | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Governors Village | — | — | C− | — | B+ | A |
Governors Club and Governors Village have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Governors Club and Governors Village report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Governors Club with a neighbor →
Questions about Governors Club
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Governors Club, NC a good place to live?
1,787 people live in this town in North Carolina.
Is Governors Club, NC expensive?
The typical home is worth about $890,000, 168% above the North Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.