Commercial Real Estate Market in Winston Salem, NC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
23 active listings and 6,422 off-market properties in Winston Salem, NC.
Market Trends
Winston Salem, NC spans 201.7 square miles in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Winston Salem, NC runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Winston Salem, NC runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Winston Salem, 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 Winston Salem, NC runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Winston Salem, NC has 272,203 residents in 124,489 households. Density runs 1,350 people per square mile. Median household income here is $60,504 and median gross rent $1,020 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Where does Realmo's Winston Salem market data come from?
Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 16 active for-sale and 7 active for-lease listings in Winston Salem, 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.
- 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
