Commercial Real Estate Market in Elberta, AL
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
14 active listings and 309 off-market properties in Elberta, AL.
Market Trends
Elberta, AL spans 95.6 square miles in Baldwin County, Alabama. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Elberta, AL runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Elberta, AL runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Elberta, AL 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 Elberta, AL 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 94.1%
- Commercial 3.6%
- Planned_development 2.2%
- Industrial 0.1%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Elberta, AL zones 4,463 acres across 9 districts. Commercial zoning covers 3.6% of zoned land, residential 94.1% and industrial 0.1%. The largest single district is High Density Single And Multifamily Mobile Home Park at 40.7%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 3.7% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
R-3 High Density Single-Family, Multi-Family and Mobile Home Park District. This district is intended to provide for a higher density of single-family structures on smaller lots than those allowed in the R-1 and R-2 districts, duplexes, apartments and mobile home parks. The intent of this district is to provide opportunity for high density residential develo…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Elberta, AL has 8,375 residents in 3,988 households. Density runs 88 people per square mile. Median household income here is $59,252 and median gross rent $1,093 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 13 active for-sale and 1 active for-lease listings in Elberta, AL. The sale median is based on 7 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: 4,463 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
