Commercial Real Estate Market in Charleston, WV
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
75 active listings and 3,739 off-market properties in Charleston, WV. Commercial property asks $53/SF to buy and $21.50/SF/Yr to lease (based on 3 listings).
Market Trends
Charleston, WV spans 331.4 square miles in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Charleston, WV has a median asking sale price of $95/SF (based on 9 listings). Vacancy runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Charleston, WV has a median asking sale price of $44/SF (based on 4 listings). Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Charleston, WV 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 Charleston, WV has a median asking sale price of $53/SF (based on 5 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 80.5%
- Commercial 12%
- Industrial 3%
- Mixed use 2.2%
- Civic 1.8%
- Planned_development 0.5%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Charleston, WV zones 20,199 acres across 17 districts. Commercial zoning covers 12% of zoned land, residential 80.5% and industrial 3%. The largest single district is Single Family Residential District at 51.7%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 15% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
The purpose of the R - 4 Single Family Residential District is to: A. Provide for single family neighborhoods on smaller lots, located within convenient walking distance of other uses, and B. Preserve the desirable character of existing single family neighborhoods, and C. Protect the single family residential areas from change and intrusion that may cause de…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Charleston, WV has 111,481 residents in 56,577 households. Density runs 336 people per square mile. Median household income here is $62,135 and median gross rent $929 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 49 active for-sale and 26 active for-lease listings in Charleston, WV. The medians are based on 19 of the for-sale and 3 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: 20,199 zoned acres across 17 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
