Commercial Real Estate Market in Darlington, SC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
16 active listings and 874 off-market properties in Darlington, SC.
Market Trends
Darlington, SC spans 222.7 square miles in Darlington County, South Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Darlington, SC runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Darlington, SC has a median asking sale price of $104/SF (based on 6 listings). Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Darlington, 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 Darlington, 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 47.7%
- Residential 43.7%
- Industrial 7.2%
- Civic 1.5%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Darlington, SC zones 2,783 acres across 9 districts. Commercial zoning covers 47.7% of zoned land, residential 43.7% and industrial 7.2%. The largest single district is Low Density Residential at 38.2%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 54.8% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
R-10, Low Density Residential Districts. The R-10 District is intended to foster, preserve and protect areas of the community in which the principal use of lan d is for detached, single -family dwellings, and limited residential support facilities at low densities.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Darlington, SC has 24,282 residents in 11,571 households. Density runs 109 people per square mile. Median household income here is $42,168 and median gross rent $868 a month.
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Nearby Markets
| Market | Median Asking Price, $/SF | Median Asking Rent, $/SF/Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Florence | $166 | $19.20 |
| Hartsville | $103 | — |
Commercial property in Darlington, SC asks $104/SF. The 2 bordering markets run from $103/SF in Hartsville to $166/SF in Florence, and the city sits below their $134/SF median.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 16 active for-sale and 0 active for-lease listings in Darlington, SC. The sale median is based on 9 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: 2,783 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
