Commercial Real Estate Market in Southport, NC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
22 active listings and 737 off-market properties in Southport, NC. Commercial property asks $476/SF to buy and $22.31/SF/Yr to lease (based on 5 listings).
Market Trends
Southport, NC spans 75.9 square miles in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Southport, NC has a median asking sale price of $519/SF (based on 4 listings). Vacancy runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Southport, NC has a median asking sale price of $528/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Southport, 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 Southport, NC has a median asking sale price of $313/SF (based on 3 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 38.2%
- Open space 23.3%
- Industrial 17.6%
- Planned_development 14.6%
- Commercial 5.9%
- Civic 0.3%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Southport, NC zones 4,115 acres across 12 districts. Commercial zoning covers 5.9% of zoned land, residential 38.2%, open space 23.3% and industrial 17.6%. The largest single district is Open Space at 23.3%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 23.5% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Southport, NC has 22,141 residents in 14,435 households. Density runs 292 people per square mile. Median household income here is $79,681 and median gross rent $1,356 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 13 active for-sale and 9 active for-lease listings in Southport, NC. The medians are based on 10 of the for-sale and 5 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: 4,115 zoned acres across 12 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
