Commercial Real Estate Market in Sylva, NC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
21 active listings and 445 off-market properties in Sylva, NC.
Market Trends
Sylva, NC spans 108.0 square miles in Jackson County, North Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Sylva, NC has a median asking sale price of $139/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 Sylva, NC has a median asking sale price of $139/SF (based on 5 listings). Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Sylva, 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 vacancy in Sylva, NC 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 55.1%
- Commercial 31.2%
- Civic 8.7%
- Industrial 3.6%
- Mixed use 1%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Sylva, NC zones 1,865 acres across 9 districts. Commercial zoning covers 31.2% of zoned land, residential 55.1% and industrial 3.6%. The largest single district is Low Density Residential at 35.9%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 34.8% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
A. LDR, Low-Density Residential District The Low-Density Residential District is a residential district for single-family dwellings with customary accessory outbuildings and other related and complementary uses that contribute to the District’s low-density residential character. B. MDR, Medium-Density Residential District The Medium-Density Residential Distr…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Sylva, NC has 16,586 residents in 9,551 households. Density runs 154 people per square mile. Median household income here is $54,407 and median gross rent $803 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 19 active for-sale and 2 active for-lease listings in Sylva, NC. The sale median is based on 8 of the for-sale listings that state a price per square foot; too few for-lease listings state a rent per square foot for a rent median. 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: 1,865 zoned acres across 9 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
