Commercial Real Estate Market in Clayton, NC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
31 active listings and 744 off-market properties in Clayton, NC. Commercial property asks $225/SF to buy and $30.00/SF/Yr to lease (based on 9 listings).
Market Trends
Clayton, NC spans 114.9 square miles in Johnston County, North Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Clayton, NC has a median asking sale price of $172/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Clayton, NC runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Clayton, 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 Clayton, NC has a median asking sale price of $219/SF (based on 4 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 67.6%
- Planned_development 15.1%
- Industrial 10.6%
- Civic 3.4%
- Commercial 3.2%
- Mixed use 0.1%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Clayton, NC zones 27,584 acres across 19 districts. Commercial zoning covers 3.2% of zoned land, residential 67.6% and industrial 10.6%. The largest single district is Residential Large Lot at 56.2%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 13.8% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
A. RESIDENTIAL LARGE LOT (RLL) DISTRICT PURPOSE STATEMENT The Residential Large Lot (RLL) District is created to accommodate low-density single-family detached dwellings on individual lots and in estate-style neighborhoods in areas outside the corporate limits within the extraterritorial jurisdiction. Sanitary sewer is not anticipated to be extended to areas…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Clayton, NC has 80,305 residents in 31,719 households. Density runs 699 people per square mile. Median household income here is $95,693 and median gross rent $1,509 a month.
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Nearby Markets
| Market | Median Asking Price, $/SF | Median Asking Rent, $/SF/Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Raleigh | $253 | $26.15 |
| Garner | $218 | — |
| Wendell | $183 | — |
| Smithfield | $125 | $18.00 |
Commercial property in Clayton, NC asks $225/SF. The 4 bordering markets run from $125/SF in Smithfield to $253/SF in Raleigh, and the city sits above their $201/SF median.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 18 active for-sale and 13 active for-lease listings in Clayton, NC. The medians are based on 11 of the for-sale and 9 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: 27,584 zoned acres across 19 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
