Commercial Real Estate Market in Gastonia, NC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
85 active listings and 3,083 off-market properties in Gastonia, NC. Commercial property asks $135/SF to buy and $26.40/SF/Yr to lease (based on 6 listings).
Market Trends
Gastonia, NC spans 109.0 square miles in Gaston County, North Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Gastonia, NC runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Gastonia, NC runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Gastonia, 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 Gastonia, NC has a median asking sale price of $135/SF (based on 8 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 58.7%
- Industrial 15.9%
- Commercial 9.7%
- Planned_development 7.6%
- Mixed use 5.7%
- Civic 1.4%
- Special 0.9%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Gastonia, NC zones 35,492 acres across 50 districts. Commercial zoning covers 9.7% of zoned land, residential 58.7% and industrial 15.9%. The largest single district is Single Family Residential at 32.4%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 25.7% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
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Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Gastonia, NC has 110,212 residents in 48,327 households. Density runs 1,011 people per square mile. Median household income here is $64,818 and median gross rent $1,104 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 51 active for-sale and 34 active for-lease listings in Gastonia, NC. The medians are based on 10 of the for-sale and 6 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: 35,492 zoned acres across 50 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
