Commercial Real Estate Market in Summerville, SC
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100 active listings and 2,077 off-market properties in Summerville, SC. Commercial property asks $159/SF to buy and $18.80/SF/Yr to lease (based on 8 listings).
Market Trends
Summerville, SC spans 164.2 square miles in Dorchester County, South Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Summerville, SC runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Summerville, SC runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Summerville, 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 Summerville, SC has a median asking sale price of $159/SF (based on 6 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
- Planned_development 43.3%
- Residential 23%
- Commercial 9.4%
- Mixed use 6.7%
- Agricultural 5%
- Industrial 1.9%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
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Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Summerville, SC has 155,107 residents in 65,967 households. Density runs 944 people per square mile. Median household income here is $83,974 and median gross rent $1,417 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 30 active for-sale and 70 active for-lease listings in Summerville, SC. The medians are based on 11 of the for-sale and 8 of the for-lease listings, those that state a price or 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: 12,904 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
