Census-designated place · Chatham County, North Carolina

Governors Club, North Carolina

Governors Club is a census-designated place in Chatham County, North Carolina, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area. It has 1,787 residents. Governors Club, North Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 84 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,516 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within North Carolina it ranks #42 of 458 cities and towns. It ranks best on poverty rate (low), voter turnout (high) and median household income (high). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), time spent in the emergency room (high) and pharmacies (low).

84Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,516 of 15,651 cities and towns
North Carolina: #42 of 458 in NC
Population: 1,787 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 758.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3727180

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety45#8,575/15,637
Economy75#3,984/15,631
Housing—
Health84#2,443/15,609
Healthcare62#6,022/15,650
Environment49#7,896/15,453
Education95#769/15,649
Infrastructure93#1,062/15,650
Community82#2,888/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,140/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Governors Club, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Chatham County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Poverty rate · low0.0%
100/100North Carolina 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Voter turnout · high88.6%
100/100North Carolina 72.9%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionChatham County value
Median household income · high$235,625
99/100North Carolina $74,055United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100North Carolina 90.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Flu vaccinations · high59.0%
98/100North Carolina 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChatham County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · high79.4%
98/100North Carolina 35.7%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high88%
7/100North Carolina 80%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAChatham County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high222 min
12/100North Carolina 189 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChatham County value
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
12/100North Carolina 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChatham County value
Unemployment rate · high8.6%
14/100North Carolina 3.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Distance to an emergency room · high9.2 mi
19/100North Carolina 7.9 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChatham County value
Restaurants and bars · low6.0 /10k
20/100North Carolina 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChatham County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,512 (2016-2020) → 1,787 (2020-2024)
+18%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
44.8% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−45 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
10.1% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−10 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$176,429 (2016-2020) → $235,625 (2020-2024)
+34%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
Average commute timeWorsening
23.7 min (2016-2020) → 31.0 min (2020-2024)
+31%4 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Unemployment rateWorsening
3.3% (2016-2020) → 8.6% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts4 yearsCensus table B23025US 8.1% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Governors Club, North Carolina over five years.

Cities and towns like Governors Club, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Governors Club, North Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Governors Club, North Carolina five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,787 residents (±331)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,787 residents (±331)

Governors Club, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White92%1,638
Black2.1%†38
Hispanic or Latino3.1%†55

Education

1,644 residents (±281)

Governors Club, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma1.5%†25
High school or GED4.6%†76
Some college5.9%†97

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

806 households (±132)

Governors Club, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k0.0%0
$25k–50k3.1%†25
$50k–75k8.2%†66
$75k–100k4.0%†32
$100k–150k10%†83
$150k–200k13%†107
$200k or more61%493

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

806 households (±132)

Governors Club, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own97%784
Rent2.7%†22

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

22 households (±29)

Governors Club, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50023%†5

Home values

784 homes (±125)

Governors Club, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k2.3%†18
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

823 homes (±137)

Governors Club, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later22%†184
2000–200943%†358
1980–199932%†264

Size of homes

823 homes (±137)

Governors Club, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms0.0%0
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

523 workers (±227)

Governors Club, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone40%†209
Carpool12%†65
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home48%†249
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

274 workers (±125)

Governors Club, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min7.7%†21
15–29 min35%†96
30–44 min50%†137

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Chatham County, the county holding most of Governors Club's residents.

Chatham County has 1,719 employer establishments, 210 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.88× North Carolina's), with 17,432 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,735. The Census Bureau also counts 7,907 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,719; 7,907 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 210; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 17,432
Average annual pay: $43,735; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Chatham County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	144	17.6	1.14×About typical	1,020	$56,371	504
Restaurants and other eating places	104	12.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	2,018	$20,637	24
Ambulatory health care services	101	12.3	0.59×Fewer than typical	958	$53,443	497
Management, scientific and technical consulting	95	11.6	1.73×More than typical	176	$75,347	620
Lessors of real estate	90	11	0.89×About typical	146	$42,363	811
Services to buildings and dwellings	69	8.4	1.25×About typical	500	$48,040	466
Construction of buildings	68	8.3	1.10×About typical	289	$56,529	247
Religious organizations	61	7.5	1.34×More than typical	247	$21,915	—
Building equipment contractors	57	7	1.16×About typical	369	$55,287	110
Real estate agents and brokers	54	6.6	1.36×More than typical	59	$44,153	244
Full-service restaurants	49	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	955	$24,096	10
Limited-service restaurants	48	5.9	0.73×Fewer than typical	951	$17,493	9

Rank places for an industry Open Chatham County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 81,877 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $40K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Governors Club, North Carolina: $22.38 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $40K; −37% vs FY2025
Per resident: $22.38; US $2,008
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$18.4K46%
Federal Acquisition Service$9,71324%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$8,75222%
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$8,58121%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2,5846.5%
Defense Health Agency$1,7094.3%
Department of the Air Force$1,6094.0%

Top recipients

PORTABLE AIR GROUP LLC$48.8K100%
QUANTUM USA, LLP$2,5846.5%
POLARONYX INC$00.0%
POLICY AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH COUNCIL-$11.4K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

348.1KFY2017
350.1KFY2018
153.8KFY2019
64KFY2020
149.1KFY2021
292KFY2022
149.6KFY2023
43.2K

Top industries (NAICS)

Household appliance manufacturing · 3352$25.2K63%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334$23.5K59%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$2,5846.5%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Governors Club, North Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Governors Club, North Carolina's figures are part of those of Chatham County, NC ($5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.8% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Governors Club is mostly in Chatham County.

See federal money in Chatham County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Governors Club, North Carolina is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Chatham County76100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC83

Other cities and towns in Chatham County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Strengths

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Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Governors Club, North Carolina five years ago that improved