Commercial Real Estate Market in Salisbury, NC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
70 active listings and 2,814 off-market properties in Salisbury, NC. Commercial property asks $160/SF to buy and $23.12/SF/Yr to lease (based on 6 listings).
Market Trends
Salisbury, NC spans 204.8 square miles in Rowan County, North Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Salisbury, NC has a median asking sale price of $156/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 Salisbury, NC runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Salisbury, 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 Salisbury, NC has a median asking sale price of $164/SF (based on 7 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 63.4%
- Mixed use 11.4%
- Industrial 11.3%
- Commercial 7%
- Civic 6.9%
- Agricultural 0%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Salisbury, NC zones 22,492 acres across 20 districts. Commercial zoning covers 7% of zoned land, residential 63.4% and industrial 11.3%. The largest single district is General Residential at 28%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 18.3% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
The GR6 District is intended for City existing predominately residential neighborhoods as well as provide for new primarily-residential development in accordance with a suburban pattern. These Districts are differentiated only by the density of the overall development relative to the planning goals of the City as set forth in the Comprehensive Plan
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Salisbury, NC has 82,444 residents in 36,861 households. Density runs 403 people per square mile. Median household income here is $59,727 and median gross rent $966 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 43 active for-sale and 27 active for-lease listings in Salisbury, NC. The medians are based on 12 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: 22,492 zoned acres across 20 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
