Commercial Real Estate Market in New Bern, NC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
90 active listings and 1,873 off-market properties in New Bern, NC. Commercial property asks $196/SF to buy and $15.94/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
New Bern, NC spans 274.3 square miles in Craven County, North Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in New Bern, NC has a median asking sale price of $234/SF (based on 5 listings). Vacancy runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in New Bern, NC has a median asking sale price of $234/SF. Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in New Bern, 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 New Bern, NC has a median asking sale price of $138/SF (based on 5 listings). Vacancy runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
New Bern, NC has 67,380 residents in 32,977 households. Density runs 246 people per square mile. Median household income here is $69,434 and median gross rent $1,073 a month.
Tools
Lease vs Buy Breakeven
At $15.94/SF/Yr lease vs $196/SF buy → buying wins if held > 2.2 years.
At a 8.1% 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 50 active for-sale and 40 active for-lease listings in New Bern, NC. The medians are based on 25 of the for-sale and 26 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
