Commercial Real Estate Market in Central, SC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
12 active listings and 201 off-market properties in Central, SC.
Market Trends
Central, SC spans 61.6 square miles in Pickens County, South Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Central, SC runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Central, SC runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Central, SC 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 Central, SC has a median asking sale price of $271/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 56%
- Civic 19.6%
- Commercial 13.3%
- Agricultural 6.7%
- Planned_development 3.7%
- Industrial 0.8%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Central, SC zones 1,897 acres across 14 districts. Commercial zoning covers 13.3% of zoned land, residential 56% and industrial 0.8%. The largest single district is Single Family at 24.3%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 14.1% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
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Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Central, SC has 15,651 residents in 7,662 households. Density runs 254 people per square mile. Median household income here is $53,879 and median gross rent $966 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 10 active for-sale and 2 active for-lease listings in Central, SC. The sale median is based on 4 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: 1,897 zoned acres across 14 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, industrial vacancy is reported at South region level and asking prices run materially above recent closed pricing.
- 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
