Commercial Real Estate Market in West Columbia, SC
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
87 active listings and 2,038 off-market properties in West Columbia, SC. Commercial property asks $197/SF to buy and $15.00/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
West Columbia, SC spans 70.0 square miles in Lexington County, South Carolina. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in West Columbia, SC has a median asking sale price of $212/SF (based on 5 listings). Vacancy runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in West Columbia, SC runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial space in West Columbia, SC has a median asking sale price of $197/SF (based on 6 listings). Vacancy 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 West Columbia, SC has a median asking sale price of $129/SF (based on 6 listings). Vacancy runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
West Columbia, SC has 66,720 residents in 31,723 households. Density runs 954 people per square mile. Median household income here is $62,000 and median gross rent $1,110 a month.
Tools
Lease vs Buy Breakeven
At $15.00/SF/Yr lease vs $197/SF buy → buying wins if held > 2.5 years.
At a 7.6% gross asking yield the payback reads short relative to leasing. Assumes 30% down at 6.5% fixed, 2% a year in taxes and upkeep, 3% appreciation, 5% opportunity cost, 2% closing plus 5% selling costs, and a 3% annual rent escalator.
Nearby Markets
Commercial property in West Columbia, SC asks $197/SF. The 2 bordering markets run from $123/SF in Cayce to $158/SF in Columbia, and the city sits above their $140/SF median.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 38 active for-sale and 49 active for-lease listings in West Columbia, SC. The medians are based on 18 of the for-sale and 13 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.
- 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
