Commercial Real Estate Market in Burlington, NC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
76 active listings and 2,237 off-market properties in Burlington, NC. Commercial property asks $126/SF to buy and $16.07/SF/Yr to lease (based on 4 listings).
Market Trends
Burlington, NC spans 186.3 square miles in Alamance County, North Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Burlington, NC has a median asking sale price of $122/SF (based on 4 listings). Vacancy runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Burlington, NC has a median asking sale price of $72/SF (based on 5 listings). Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Burlington, NC 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 Burlington, NC has a median asking sale price of $126/SF (based on 9 listings). Vacancy runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Residential 53.2%
- Industrial 16.8%
- Mixed use 14.8%
- Civic 13%
- Commercial 1.9%
- Planned_development 0.2%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Burlington, NC zones 23,520 acres across 23 districts. Commercial zoning covers 1.9% of zoned land, residential 53.2% and industrial 16.8%. The largest single district is Medium Density Residential at 48.7%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 18.7% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
MDR Medium Density Residential R-12 Residential R-9 Residential R-6 Residential HDR High Density Residential MF-A Multifamily Residential MF-B Multifamily Residential R-M Residential - Mobile Home RMH Residential Manufactured Home CONVENTIONAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS OI Office Institutional OI Office Institutional R-OI Restricted Office Institutional B-1 Neighbor…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Burlington, NC has 84,176 residents in 38,246 households. Density runs 452 people per square mile. Median household income here is $59,198 and median gross rent $993 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 49 active for-sale and 27 active for-lease listings in Burlington, NC. The medians are based on 19 of the for-sale and 4 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.
- Zoning and land use
- The current municipal zoning release: 23,520 zoned acres across 23 districts. Shares are of zoned land, so parcels the release leaves unclassified are excluded from the mix.
- 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
