Commercial Real Estate Market in Waynesville, NC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
41 active listings and 697 off-market properties in Waynesville, NC.
Market Trends
Waynesville, NC spans 241.3 square miles in Haywood County, North Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Waynesville, NC runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Waynesville, NC has a median asking sale price of $252/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Waynesville, 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 Waynesville, NC has a median asking sale price of $302/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 44.9%
- Commercial 27.7%
- Civic 16.6%
- Mixed use 9.7%
- Industrial 1.2%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Waynesville, NC zones 10,332 acres across 57 districts. Commercial zoning covers 27.7% of zoned land, residential 44.9% and industrial 1.2%. The largest single district is Eagles Nest Residential Low Density at 16.3%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 28.8% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
A. The Country Club Residential- Low Density District (CC-RL) is an area predominately comprised of large lot subdivisions with the Waynesville Country Club serving as its social and recreational center. While single-family homes are the dominant residential use in this area, townhouses and accessory apartments are also permitted. Connections to the South Ma…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Waynesville, NC has 29,442 residents in 16,895 households. Density runs 122 people per square mile. Median household income here is $58,202 and median gross rent $1,088 a month.
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Nearby Markets
Commercial property in Waynesville, NC asks $252/SF. The 2 bordering markets run from $151/SF in Sylva to $194/SF in Clyde, and the city sits above their $172/SF median.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 31 active for-sale and 10 active for-lease listings in Waynesville, NC. The sale median is based on 7 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: 10,332 zoned acres across 57 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
