Commercial Real Estate Market in Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
90 active listings and 623 off-market properties in Santa Rosa Beach, FL. Commercial property asks $320/SF to buy and $24.00/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
Santa Rosa Beach, FL spans 54.5 square miles in Walton County, Florida. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Santa Rosa Beach, FL runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Santa Rosa Beach, FL runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Santa Rosa Beach, FL runs 7.9% across the South region in 2025, up from 6% in 2019. Nearly 2.3x the 2022 low of 3.5%.
Multifamily
Multifamily space in Santa Rosa Beach, FL has a median asking sale price of $335/SF (based on 4 listings). Vacancy runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Santa Rosa Beach, FL has 20,567 residents in 17,700 households. Density runs 377 people per square mile. Median household income here is $101,067 and median gross rent $2,165 a month.
Tools
Lease vs Buy Breakeven
At $24.00/SF/Yr lease vs $320/SF buy → buying wins if held > 2.6 years.
At a 7.5% gross asking yield the payback reads short relative to leasing. Assumes 30% down at 6.5% fixed, 2% a year in taxes and upkeep, 3% appreciation, 5% opportunity cost, 2% closing plus 5% selling costs, and a 3% annual rent escalator.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 39 active for-sale and 51 active for-lease listings in Santa Rosa Beach, FL. The medians are based on 11 of the for-sale and 29 of the for-lease listings, those that state a price or rent per square foot. These are ASKING figures from live listings, not closed-transaction prices, and a figure resting on fewer than 10 listings says so where it is quoted.
- Vacancy rates
- Published per-sector market series, taken at the metro level where one exists and otherwise at the Census-region level — a chart reading "in <region> region" is a regional number, not this city's.
- Refresh
- The monthly aggregates close at the end of the previous month, so 31 October 2026 — not today — is the honest last update.
- Known limitations
- office vacancy is reported at South region level, retail vacancy is reported at South region level and industrial vacancy is reported at South region level.
- Coverage
- Metrics below the 10-observation threshold fall back one geographic level. The geography used is named on each figure.
Compiled by the Realmo Data team · reviewed 31 October 2026 · How Realmo checks market page data · Report a data issue
