Commercial Real Estate Market in Gardendale, AL
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
10 active listings and 1,227 off-market properties in Gardendale, AL.
Market Trends
Gardendale, AL spans 57.7 square miles in Jefferson County, Alabama. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Gardendale, AL runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Gardendale, AL runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Gardendale, 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 Gardendale, 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 73.3%
- Agricultural 11.6%
- Civic 6.2%
- Commercial 5.9%
- Industrial 1.8%
- Planned_development 0.6%
- Open space 0.6%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Gardendale, AL zones 14,168 acres across 17 districts. Commercial zoning covers 5.9% of zoned land, residential 73.3%, open space 0.6% and industrial 1.8%. The largest single district is Single Family Residential at 59.2%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 7.7% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
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Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Gardendale, AL has 17,162 residents in 7,054 households. Density runs 297 people per square mile. Median household income here is $80,745 and median gross rent $1,183 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 8 active for-sale and 2 active for-lease listings in Gardendale, AL. The sale median is based on 3 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: 14,168 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
