Commercial Real Estate Market in Butner, NC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: August 31
1 active listing and 147 off-market properties in Butner, NC.
Market Trends
Butner, NC spans 14.7 square miles in Granville County, North Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 August 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Butner, NC runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Vacancy Rate % in South region
Retail
Retail vacancy in Butner, NC runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Vacancy Rate % in South region
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Butner, NC runs 7.9% across the South region in 2025, up from 6% in 2019. Nearly 2.3x the 2022 low of 3.5%.
Vacancy Rate % in South region
Multifamily
Multifamily vacancy in Butner, NC runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Vacancy Rate % in South region
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Residential 42.2%
- Civic 26.4%
- Industrial 19.9%
- Planned_development 6.6%
- Commercial 4.9%
- Mixed use 0%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Rural Residential
Town Residential
Rural Preservation
Heavy Industrial
Light Industrial
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Butner, NC has 7,650 residents in 1,482 households. Density runs 522 people per square mile. Median household income here is $70,886 and median gross rent $1,177 a month.
7,650
Population
1,482
Households
5.2
Avg Household Size
39
Median Age
12%
College-Educated
71%
High-School Grad
14.7 sq mi
ZIP Area
522
Density / Sq Mi
$70,886
Median Household Income
$22,782
Median Earnings
$1,177
Median Rent
$207,000
Median Home Value
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Realmo's Butner market data come from?
Realmo compiles Butner, NC figures from 6 recent recorded sales, 1 active sale listings, 147 tracked off-market properties, the current Butner zoning release. Sale and lease figures refresh monthly; vacancy annually. Last updated 31 August 2026.
Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and averages
- Computed from 1 active for-sale and 0 active for-lease listings in Butner, NC. These are ASKING figures from live listings, not closed-transaction prices, and a segment carried by a handful of listings reads as indicative rather than an average.
- 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: 13,814 zoned acres across 22 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 August 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 August 2026 · report a data issue
