Commercial Real Estate Market in Gadsden, AL
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45 active listings and 1,666 off-market properties in Gadsden, AL. Commercial property asks $88/SF to buy and $12.00/SF/Yr to lease (based on 3 listings).
Market Trends
Gadsden, AL spans 275.1 square miles in Etowah County, Alabama. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Gadsden, AL has a median asking sale price of $130/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 Gadsden, AL has a median asking sale price of $81/SF (based on 4 listings). Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Gadsden, 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 Gadsden, 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 56%
- Industrial 19.8%
- Civic 11%
- Open space 9.6%
- Mixed use 2.1%
- Commercial 1.6%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Gadsden, AL zones 20,158 acres across 9 districts. Commercial zoning covers 1.6% of zoned land, residential 56%, open space 9.6% and industrial 19.8%. The largest single district is Traditional Residential at 24.8%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 21.4% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
The purpose of the Traditional Residential (TR) district is to preserve and enhance established neighborhoods primarily made up of residential uses, but may also have some compatible nonresidential uses.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Gadsden, AL has 75,994 residents in 34,719 households. Density runs 276 people per square mile. Median household income here is $53,352 and median gross rent $851 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 35 active for-sale and 10 active for-lease listings in Gadsden, AL. The medians are based on 20 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: 20,158 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
