Commercial Real Estate Market in Chapin, SC
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14 active listings and 489 off-market properties in Chapin, SC.
Market Trends
Chapin, SC spans 55.1 square miles in Lexington County, South Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Chapin, SC runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Chapin, SC runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Chapin, 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 vacancy in Chapin, SC 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
- Commercial 42%
- Residential 29.1%
- Civic 15.2%
- Mixed use 6.4%
- Planned_development 2.9%
- Industrial 2.5%
- Open space 2%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Chapin, SC zones 1,287 acres across 16 districts. Commercial zoning covers 42% of zoned land, residential 29.1%, open space 2% and industrial 2.5%. The largest single district is Village Commercial at 23%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 44.5% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
PI, Public/Institutional District: The PI district supports generally non-residential institutions and employment areas that are designed in a campus-like setting, such as hospitals, universities, research facilities, and offices. It is intended to ensure that these unique institutions are designed to be compatible with their surroundings and the rest of the…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Chapin, SC has 27,047 residents in 10,910 households. Density runs 491 people per square mile. Median household income here is $116,438 and median gross rent $1,901 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 7 active for-sale and 7 active for-lease listings in Chapin, SC. Too few for-sale listings state a price per square foot for a sale median; the rent median is based on 3 of the for-lease listings that state a 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: 1,287 zoned acres across 16 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
